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24 Things For The Kitchen That'll Help You Channel Your Inner Julia Child

But I'm also talking about the Meryl Streep version of Julia Child.

1. A splurge-worthy Always Pan because the hype is real, y'all. This beauty replaces eight (!!!) kitchen gadgets, weighs only 3 pounds, comes with a steamer basket, and is nonstick. No, really. It's actually nonstick! It would be perfect for making an omelet, just like the first dish Julia ever made on television!

2. A handheld garlic press so you can finally stop trying to mince your fresh garlic with a knife. With a simple back-and-forth motion, you'll have perfectly minced garlic in half the time — which is great for her famous garlic mashed potato recipe that needs 30 (!!!) cloves of garlic.

reviewer photo of the rolling handheld garlic press with minced garlic in it

3. An AeroGarden, an indoor herb garden where you can grow everything you need to make some Poulet Saute aux Herbes de Provence from her cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking.

The indoor herb garden with a variety of overgrown herbs on it

4. An herb stripper so you can get all the important pieces of your herbes de Provence you grew into your dish without accidentally keeping one too many bitter stems. I personally hate chopping herbs, so this is *chef's kiss* perfect.

The herb strippers in various colors

5. A compact 8-in-1 spiralizer to grate, juice, spiralize, and shred all your ingredients for your *insert The French Chef Cookbook recipe*. You just learned what mise en place is and now it seems way less daunting.

6. A pot organizer because you may not have space to hang your pots on Julia's iconic pegboard, but you still deserve to keep your kitchen neat and organized.

Reviewer photo of the organizer in a cabinet

7. An under-cabinet wineglass holder because while we *love* our wineglasses, they always take up SO much space. With this bad boy, you can keep them stored above while also looking like a neat piece of decor. As we know, Julia Child *loved* cooking with wine — she even added it to her recipes sometimes!

Metal wire frame holding upside wine glasses

8. A clip-on strainer that'll make draining the pasta for Julia Child's Spaghetti Marco Polo *so* much easier.

Reviewer photo of the green strainer attached to a pot full of water and pasta

9. A splurge-worthy chef's knife because cooking through her French cookbooks can seem incredibly daunting (hello, 726 pages!), but having a knife that isn't *cut* out for the job will only make it worse.

The knife

10. And a handheld knife sharpener so you can actually give yourself (and your knife) a fighting chance against the daunting monster that is her cookbook, since chopping with a sharp knife will make it exceptionally easier (and safer!).

A reviewer photo of a knife next to sliced green peppers and the knife sharpener

11. A set of labels so you too can label your "spoonery," "forkery," "spats," and "wooden things" just like Julia did!

Set of labels placed on clear containers

12. An air fryer so you can make Julia's french fry recipe without having to deal with oil splattering from a frying pan — honestly, my worst nightmare.

13. A KitchenAid food chopper so you can finally make that recipe you've had saved from Mastering The Art Of French Cooking, but didn't feel brave enough to tackle yet.

14. A *egg-cellent* rapid egg cooker because we know very well how much Julia Child loves her eggs, but is there anything more annoying than trying to boil eggs and get them exactly the way you want? I mean, we know Julia Child can do it, but we're not *all* amazing.

15. A splurge-worthy KitchenAid 5-quart stand mixer because guess what? Even Julia Child *loved* this mixer and used it many times during her cooking shows and at home!

A white KitchenAid mixer

16. A nine-speed stainless-steel hand mixer made for mixing, blending, pureeing, whisking, and grinding away to finally make vichyssoise (leek and potato), Julia Child's absolute favorite soup, actually pureed.

Reviewer photo of a person holding the hand blender into a pot of soup

17. A stackable egg tray because you've finally mastered her poached egg trick and can't stop buying eggs just to show off your new skill. Now they're perfectly organized *and* aesthetically pleasing.

The egg tray stacked on top of another one with eggs on it

18. A handy measurement conversion magnet so you don't need to constantly ask your Alexa every five minutes to convert them for you. Julia Child was *all* about measurements and the importance of using them for all of her recipes, but sometimes converting them can difficult!

the blue magnet with dry, liquid, and herb measurement conversions on a fridge

19. An adjustable measuring spoon that will not only save up space in your kitchen drawer, but it'll be easier to figure out exactly the measurements you need with one tool. *Flashback to the time you added 1 tablespoon of salt instead of 1 teaspoon because you grabbed the wrong one.*

The measuring spoon with herbs on it

20. A digital food thermometer because Julia Child has a *lot* of recipes in her cookbooks using chicken, beef, duck, pork —you name it! One of the biggest anxieties as a newbie cook is worrying if the food is cooked properly. This thermometer will ensure you won't get you or your family sick from your dinner. Whether it actually tastes good is a different story...

Reviewer photo holding a thermometer into a piece of meat

21. A batter dispenser so you can easily make Julia's crepes she so graciously introduced to Americans in her cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking.

reviewer photo of the batter dispenser next to perfectly round pancakes

22. The Instant Pot, a programmable slow cooker with over 135,000 5-star reviews on Amazon because this bad boy will make the infamous beef bourguignon recipe we all know and have been dying to try so effortlessly, you'll wonder why you haven't made it sooner.

reviewer photo of two Instant Pots in two sizes sitting on their counter

23. A nifty butter dish and grip set to make greasing your pans or baking sheets the easiest task in your cooking process. As we know, Julia Child was a huge fan of butter, and would probably give this product a nod of approval.

24. And finally, a meal prep station so you can feel like you're finally embracing your inner Julia Child with the most perfect mise en place in all the neighborhood. Bon appétit!

Reviewer photo of the white meal prep station with various vegetables in each compartment

The ghost of Julia Child when she sees you cooking:

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