If 2022 was the year of rebuilding, 2023 will be the year of feeling good all the time. When it comes to food, the world is full of shiny things that were designed to make the process of cooking for yourself and your loved ones ever more enjoyable, and it’s not too late to gift them to yourself or others. These are our favorite tools, gadgets, glasses, and other miscellaneous things that should be in your kitchen cabinets.

The coolest KitchenAid mixer ever

Sigh. As if KitchenAid mixers aren’t already the ultimate in covetable countertop kitchen appliances, the brand had to go and design this limited-edition version with a ridiculously rad studded ceramic bowl?! We’d rather receive this than a car, a diamond necklace, or entry into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Grab one before it’s gone, and make someone really lucky.

The “it” pan

If you publicly express even a passing interest in cooking, you have likely been inundated with ads for about a bajillion different direct-to-consumer cookware companies—but perhaps most famous of them all is the highly Instagrammable, much sought-after Always Pan, a.k.a. the most aesthetic way to showcase that you’ve perfected a Dutch baby or shakshuka. Available in a variety of soothing Millennial-friendly colors like "Blue Salt" and "Terracotta," it's accrued 4.6 out of 5 stars from almost 30,000 reviews. Good news: it's on sale right now. If your cabinets are still full of scratched, Teflon, hand-me-down skillets from discount stores, toss ‘em all out and grab one of these instead.

Misen’s awesome knife set

Speaking from experience, we can tell you that Misen’s elegant knives stay super-sharp for literally years, and are the easiest way to step up your slicing skills while also looking hella #adult. Time for your lucky recipient to banish all those dull-ass IKEA knives they stole from their roommates.

Haden’s stainless Steel Electric Tea kettle

It's baffling that so many people insist on hovering around their stovetops like maniacs—waiting for their old-fashioned kettles to scream at a deafening volume—when they could just get an electric kettle like this Haden bad boy, as handy for Top Ramen fans as for big-time tea drinkers. Hit the switch, and you’ll have piping-hot water in just a couple of minutes. It even has a little old-timey dial to tell you precisely how hot your water is. Most of all, this thing really jazzes up a countertop.

Leather oven mitts

These sexy suede oven mitts are perfect for everyday kitchen use or grabbing skewers off the grill. Dare we say you may even want to wear them in public to keep warm this winter? OK, maybe that's a bit too far, but these fancy mitts are so much prettier than those side towels you usually use to grab the cookies from the oven.

Handcrafted Mexican cocktail glasses

These chic, super-affordable cocktail glasses look straight out of a mezcal bar in Mexico City. They're thick-walled and virtually unbreakable, and just as perfect for everyday water-sipping as they are for enjoying round after round of margaritas with your friends.

Your dad’s new favorite grill pan

*Tim Allen voice* Arf Arf Arf, non-stick, high heat, carbon steel, arf arf arf. We’re fairly sure that Tim Taylor would improve his home—get it?—with this blue carbon steel grill pan, so the daddy in your life deserves one, too. This bad boy totally rules for wings and veggies; but it’ll stand up to anything you throw in there. We also love Made In’s griddle, which we reviewed here.

A burrito thermos (yes, it’s real)

Eating a burrito doesn’t always have to be synonymous with making a humongous mess—that’s just been your experience so far. Well, no more! There’s a reason this innovative little burrito holder sits in the #1 slot of our MUNCHIES gift guide. Stay clean, family.

An Ooni pizza oven

We hear you've gotten really into sourdough lately. Well, instead of making bread nonstop, why not make some pizza dough and throw it in Ooni’s cult-fave pizza oven? It heats up quickly (reaching 950°F in just 15 minutes), is portable, and cooks pizza in less than two minutes. Sounds way cooler than some stupid bread, if you ask us. Plus, there are wood-burning, gas-burning, and multi-fuel models.