{"id":22859,"date":"2014-12-05T02:01:06","date_gmt":"2014-12-05T09:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=22859"},"modified":"2014-11-25T17:27:01","modified_gmt":"2014-11-26T00:27:01","slug":"cool-tools-2014-holiday-gift-guide-marks-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/cool-tools-2014-holiday-gift-guide-marks-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"Cool Tools 2014 Holiday Gift Guide: Mark’s Pick’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the weeks leading up to the holidays, we\u2019ll be presenting a series of gift suggestions. This week: Cool Tools editor Mark Frauenfelder’s favorite tool reviews from recent years. <\/em><\/p>\n

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\nBialetti Stovetop Percolator ($28)<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0“I originally bought this classic Italian coffee maker for camping, but the coffee was so good I use it every day. It is so simple to use and the result is superb.” — Angus Miller<\/p>\n

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\nGolden Mean Calipers ($35)<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0“Aside from just wandering around with my kids and having them put it up to just about everything (‘Dad! this has a golden mean in it as well!’ \u2014 I\u2019ll never get tired hearing that) you can also use them to bring some simple relational beauty and balance into anything physical that you make.” — Eric Warner<\/p>\n

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\nFagor 3-in-1 Multicooker ($100)<\/strong><\/a> “The Fagor is also a slow cooker and a rice cooker. Because it is so versatile, I use it almost every day. The throw-everything-in-the-pot-and-push-a-button approach has broadened my cooking horizons. I\u2019ve made rib roast in the slow cooker that had my in-laws coming back for thirds.” — Mark Frauenfelder<\/p>\n

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\nVictorinox Swiss Army Manager Pocket Knife ($25)<\/strong><\/a> “This has been in my pocket for nearly 2 years. This compact tool has all the useful stuff you expect from the line of Swiss Army knives: blade, scissors, tweezers, file, bottle opener, and separate flat-head & Phillips-head screwdrivers. What makes it a must-have is the retractable ballpoint pen.” — Sean Singh<\/p>\n

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\nKuhn Rikon Epicurean Garlic Press ($36)<\/strong><\/a> “I\u2019ve used this tool for about 10 years and it\u2019s still going strong. It\u2019s probably the best garlic press in the world. It\u2019s constructed very robustly from stainless steel; it has an unusual lever-action which is far superior to the one-to-one action of most garlic presses; it opens up easily and is trivial to clean.” — Stuart Wray<\/p>\n

Want more gift ideas? Take a look at our other\u00a02014 Holiday Gift Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a02013 Holiday Gift Guide<\/a>\u00a0posts.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Favorite gift ideas from Cool Tools’ editor-in-chief<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[238],"tags":[1561],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22859"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22859"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22904,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22859\/revisions\/22904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}