Kitchen Must-haves

Without these superior kitchen implements, I would surely exist on mac and cheese. Each of these goodies makes my culinary adventures far more pleasant and more efficacious:

• Le Creuset Dutch Oven: ideal for simmering chili low and slow or pan searing pork medallions & so easy to clean
  
• Silpat: ensures perfectly baked cookies and pastries that don't stick
• Lemon squeezer: sensational at getting every last drop out of your citrus fruits (lemon drop, anyone?)
  
• Microplane: grate nutmeg, a block of Parmesan, or even garlic with ease
  
• Henckels chef's knife: the perfect knife for almost anything