Last week for our Weekend Cook and Tell we asked all of you to tell us about the one item in your kitchen that you just can't live without for a challenge we called Golden Gadgets. Responses ranged from high tech and powerful (think Vitamix, the be-all, end-all of blenders) to the tried and true (a 50 year-old flat grater, passed down for generations). Here's a look at the gadgets that get the most play in your kitchens. More

Artisan breads are typically worth every penny of their premium price, but what about their gadget counterparts? The Breville Custom Loaf ($299.99*, breville.com) is about as fancy a breadmaker as I've come across, making it an exciting purchase for a carbo-lover like myself. But is it worth the splurge? More

Back in my home state of Florida, there's no season for oranges—it's always citrus season in the Sunshine State—but in the Northeast where I live now, winter's bounty of citrus is one thing that brings me closer to home when it feels furthest away. And realizing that electric citrus presses are only necessary for filling up pitchers I'd never finish alone, I decided on a sharply designed alternative. Though it requires a little more arm strength, the Cuisipro Double-Reamer Citrus Juicer ($18 at amazon.com) allows for almost as much personal preference as the supermarket aisle. More

The world of specialty tumblers seems to be growing exponentially, so how do you discern between the junk and the golden nuggets? We've already identified a great coffee option in the form of a portable press tumbler, but this tea infuser version by Aladdin ($18.99 at shopaladdin-pmi.com) offers a more gently caffeinated morning jolt. More

Becoming more discerning about your coffee doesn't necessarily mean that your morning routine has to become any longer. So in the hopes of making freshly ground beans a part of my routine, I've introduced Breville's Smart Grinder into my life—and its highly customizable interface has made it a real winner. More

When it comes to Presto's Salad Shooter, there's so much the name doesn't tell you. Sure, it's helpful for salad prep, but that's only the beginning. Spanning from quick-lunch quesadillas to homemade peppermint bark, I've found countless applications that have given this little toy a coveted space in the most accessible shelf of my most accessible kitchen cabinet. More

As far as food resolutions go, I love the idea of simply eating more fresh, seasonal fruit. To encourage me through the monochromatic winter produce selection, I picked up this handy double-ended grapefruit knife ($5.95, crateandbarrel.com). It's a riff on the more typical grapefruit spoon, but easier (and arguably less dangerous) to use. More

No matter how large your array, holiday baking isn't finished until you make some pretty sugar cookies with festive icing. I always want mine to come out looking something like this, but then I remember it's not nearly as easy to draw with icing tubes or pastry bags as it is with pens and pencils—at least not for me. This mechanical pastry bag ($28 at Williams Sonoma) seemed to be the fix I was looking for. More

If you read this column last week and felt inspired to bake a cake, you might have realized a conundrum: When baking a big cake for a potluck, moving vehicles are undoubtedly the enemy. That's the logic behind the purchase that followed: the Progressive Collapsible Cake and Cupcake Carrier ($18.88 at Camping World). More

There's something that unites us serious eaters every holiday season, and it has nothing to do with the snow, the gifts, or the tunes. It's that perverse excitement we get when our calendar fills up with potlucks—with reasons to impress via culinary prowess—and our bookmarked pages of technically ambitious recipes can finally find justification with our peers. It's in that vein that I pounced on the Frieling Layer Cake Slicing Kit ($42, boncui.com), a trio of cake-assembling accouterments to befit the season of showing off. More