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Renting a tiny room in Nob Hill for too many dollars a month? This gear can help you make space for cooking.
1. All-Clad D3 Compact Cookware
Pots and pans are some of the biggest space hogs. All-Clad’s 5-piece set of tri-ply cookware gets around the problem with a clever design that allows the 10.5-inch skillet, 3-quart saucepan, and 5-quart stockpot to nest in a neat stack. And they’ll work with an induction cooktop. $400
2. Heatworks Tetra
Your time is too precious to wash dishes by hand—you’ve already got a 10-by-10 room to keep tidy. Put your dirty dishes in this microfootprint washer, then pour in half a gallon of water. The Tetra cleans two place settings in 10 minutes, heating the water by flooding it with electrical current. A reservoir inside holds enough detergent for dozens of cycles. $300
3. Cuisinart Smart Stick 700-Watt Hand Blender
Apply this immersion blender’s 700 watts of quietly humming power to quickly puree squash soup right in the pot you cooked it in. Shift speeds from low (hummus) to high (crushed ice) with a twist of the cap. You can even use it to mix your morning smoothie in an all-in-one measuring cup (below). $100
4. Zavor Lux 6-Quart Multicooker
Multicookers do many things: pressure cook, slow cook, and even make rice, each function reducing the number of appliances you need by one. Zavor’s new model comes with 14 presets—including steaming, sautéing, browning, and yogurt-making—to handle everything from breakfast to dessert. $130
5. Oxo Good Grips Multi-Unit Measuring Cup
Cleanly curb the clunk and clutter by using one vessel to measure pretty much everything. This cleverly designed 4-cup cylinder offers metric and US measurements, along with quick cheats for staples like flour and rice. Spin the removable plastic sleeve to dial in whatever unit you need. $20
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