This post originally appeared on April 21, 2020, in Add to Cart — the weekly newsletter for people who love shopping (almost) as much as they love eating. Subscribe now.

While I have certain kitchen tools I like, as anyone who’s read this newsletter knows (hello, serrated paring knife), I never took myself to be too persnickety about them.

Except, well, turns out I am. Like a few other New Yorkers, my husband and I (somewhat shamefully) absconded to the