These are the tools we actually use — tested in our Italian kitchen while filming, baking, and cooking. From the stand mixer that whipped our angel food cake to the air fryer that crisped our chicken and fries, everything here is used and loved. No fluff — just gear we’d buy again.
🍳 Best Cookware & Pans
From De Buyer carbon steel pans to copper saucepans and pizza steels — our top picks for stovetop and oven.
🍳 Carbon Steel Pans
🍰 Baking Tools & Cake Pan
These are the baking tools we actually use in our Italian kitchen — tested on camera in real recipes like our Angel Food Cake and ricotta muffins. From the right cake pan to perforated tart rings and silicone baking mats, these picks are worth their cabinet space.
🍳 Cake Pans We Use
🧑🍳 Small Appliances We Love
These aren’t sponsored tools — they’re just the ones that earned a permanent spot in our kitchen. We use them in real recipes, on camera, in real conditions (read: not a showroom). If we wouldn’t buy it again, it’s not here.
🍟 Best Air Fryers
🍟 Our Favorite Stand Mixers and Attachments
🍰 Our Favorite Stand Mixer Recipes
These are the recipes we make all the time with our stand mixer — from pillowy cakes to rich doughs and fluffy meringues.
🌡️ Thermometers & Measurement Tools
The thermometer that cooks our fish and steak to perfection. The scale that keeps our pasta dough perfect. Tools that save you time and guesswork.
🧂 Mortar & Pestles (You Know We Love These)
We’ve ranked, reviewed, and made a lot of pesto. These mortar and pestles aren’t just for photos — we actually use them to grind spices, make traditional Italian sauces, and test texture for pasta fillings. If you’re buying one tool to upgrade your flavor, this is it.
🌿 We Use a Mortar and Pestle for These Recipes!
The mortar and pestle is the ideal tool for crushing fresh spices or grinding garlic, pepper, and leafy greens into a paste. Unlike blenders, it grinds rather than cuts, preserving texture and releasing essential oils slowly. It also won’t heat up — which helps maintain the flavor and integrity of delicate ingredients like basil or garlic.
🧺 Italian Ingredients & Pantry Staples
Not quite “tools” — but we get asked all the time where we buy our favorite coffee, tomato sauce, and pasta brands.
📚 Best Pasta Cookbook For Beginners? Ours: Pasta Affair!
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Pasta Affair: 50 Authentic Italian Recipes
Seductive strands of pasta and sumptuous sauces… Are you ready to indulge in an unforgettable Pasta Affair? It’s the best pasta cookbook for beginners and a must-have for any serious lover of Italian food, featuring over 50 classic pasta recipes you can make at home!