The wide square scoop on this nylon spoon fishes out vegetables and pasta swimmingly, even from a rolling boil, so you’re not chasing peas around the pot. To buy: Zyliss straining spoon, $7, usa ...

NOW you can stir your coffee like they do at El Bulli, with a specially designed "coffee spoon" created for chef Ferran Adria -- it's the same stirrer used at Adria's restaurant outside of ...