A food mill is a tool that you use to both purée and strain soft or already-cooked foods. There are both manual and electric models available.
Mills
Graters
A grater is a surface with sharp, raised teeth or ridges on it to grate or shred firm-textured foods.
Mortar and Pestle
A mortar and pestle is a heavy bowl that comes with a short, blunt, thick stick that looks like a miniature baseball bat. It is a multipurpose tool used for grinding, crush and puréeing, and for making pastes and powders.
Pepper Mills
Pepper mills are tools for converting small quantities of whole peppercorns to ground pepper as needed, on the fly. There are many different designs.
Potato Ricer
A potato ricer is reminiscent of a giant garlic crusher. It has a basket on it, in which you put your cooked potato. Then, you close the other part of the ricer, which is like a plunger, down on it and squeeze the two handles together. The potato gets pressed, causing it to be extruded…
Ricer
A ricer is a device with small holes in it through which you press soft foods. The food extrudes out through the bottom of the holes in strands about as thick as a grain of rice, thus the name. The process leaves skin and seeds behind. Some are completely manual, like a sieve in an…
Spice Grinder
A spice grinder is a tool used to grind up hard, dried whole spices. You can grind them coarsely, or to a fine powder. There are a few types of spice grinders which are dedicated to one spice alone, such as pepper mills, and nutmeg graters. Spice grinder bottles Some spice vendors now sell spices…