My new Citrus Juicer

This past weekend I took a stroll through Williams-Sonoma, my absolute favorite cooking store. In case you haven't been there, imagine a chef's paradise. They have possibly everything you'd ever need to put in your kitchen (minus the fresh food). A significant portion of the store is dedicated to handy-dandy cooking tools and this Citrus Juicer is my latest acquisition.

I first spotted it on the Martha Stewart Show. They made juicing lemons look so effortless using this juicer. I wanted in on the action too! I use lemon juice a lot and I got tired of squeezing it myself and then wasting time scraping out the odd seeds that fell in my juice. I noticed that I was even beginning to avoid cooking with lemon juice to avoid going through all that trouble just to get lemon juice. And to top it all off, putting small cuts on your hands in direct contact with lemon juice is not pleasant (even though its good for disinfecting the cut, it stings like hell).

I used it for the first time today and it was quick and easy. It takes less effort than squeezing lemons by hand and gets more juice out for you. I just love love love collecting useful kitchen tools to simplify and speed up the prep work. Sigh. Happy Sigh.