The 400ml mini, and the one that actually gets reached for. A beaten egg, a dressing, a small amount of sauce. Same anti-drip spout as the larger bowls so small pours stay clean, and it comes with a lid so...

A press that turns an ordinary toaster oven into a hot sandwich maker. Put it down on the bread and it crimps the edges shut and trims the crusts in the same motion, so the filling stays inside while it...

Long and narrow, made specifically for fried rice. The edge cuts through clumped rice so the grains separate rather than mash, and at 30cm the handle keeps your hand clear of a pan that is running hot. Nylon does not...

A nylon turner that is thin and springy at the edge, which is what lets it get under a pancake or an okonomiyaki without tearing it. Akebono's double-embossed surface means the batter releases instead of sticking to the blade, and...

A Chinese-style ladle redesigned for a frying pan rather than a wok, deep enough to lift a real portion but with a thin rim that sits flush against a sloped side. It is moulded in TPX, a translucent engineering plastic...

The one litre size in Akebono's everyday lidded bowl range, big enough for batter or a marinade. Anti-drip spout, measuring marks inside, shaped handle, and a lid so it goes from mixing to microwave to fridge without changing containers. Capacity...

A deep prep bowl with a lid, so the same piece mixes, goes in the microwave and then goes in the fridge. The spout is shaped to stop liquid running back down the outside, which is the failure most plastic...

Rice has to be cool before it goes into a bento box, otherwise condensation forms in the lid and you have a food safety problem by lunchtime. Spread it on this and steam escapes from underneath as well as above....

Washing rice means pouring cloudy water off four or five times, and doing it over the sink usually costs you some of the rice. This bowl drains from the bottom instead. Press the centre and the water goes straight out...

A wide-mouth stovetop kettle, which sounds like a small thing until you have tried to clean scale out of a narrow one. A hand and a sponge fit inside this. The crane-bill spout pours a controlled enough stream for pour-over...

The family-size saute pan at 25cm, wide enough to brown a batch without crowding it, which is the whole difference between browning and steaming. Heavy 3mm wall, lid included. Geo is seven layers bonded from the base all the way...

A saute pan runs a heavier gauge than the saucepans, at 3mm, so it holds its heat when cold food goes in and you get a sear rather than a stew. Wide and low with a lid, which means it...

The largest single-handle saucepan in the range, for soup, stock and larger batches. Geo is seven layers bonded from the base all the way up the wall, not a disc stuck on the bottom. The stack runs 18-0 stainless on...

Two litres covers most of what a saucepan gets asked to do, from stock to a pot of potatoes. Geo is seven layers bonded from the base all the way up the wall, not a disc stuck on the bottom....

The everyday size. Rice, sauces, blanching, soup for one or two. Geo is seven layers bonded from the base all the way up the wall, not a disc stuck on the bottom. The stack runs 18-0 stainless on the outside,...

The smallest saucepan in the line, for a sauce, a single portion of rice or something reheated properly. Geo is seven layers bonded from the base all the way up the wall, not a disc stuck on the bottom. The...

The larger mirror-finish Miyacoffee kettle, at 1.2 litres, for a full carafe or several cups from one boil. Same fine 7mm spout as the 0.9L, same silicone handle, same magnetic base for induction. Capacity - 1.2L Size - Approx 23.8...

A mirror-polished pour-over kettle with a 7mm spout, which is the part that matters. A bore that narrow is what lets you lay a thin steady stream over the coffee bed instead of dumping water on it. Magnetic base, so...

Four hundred millilitres is exactly the water one mug of coffee needs, so nothing sits in the pot cooling while you pour. The spout is fine and tapered for the slow controlled stream that wets a bed of grounds evenly....

A 200ml sauce boat in 18-8 stainless, made for the Japanese foodservice trade and built accordingly. The spout is drawn rather than folded, so it pours without dribbling down the side. For gravy, jus, sauces and dressings. Capacity - 200ml...

The reamer on its own, without the cup, so it sits straight over a glass or a bowl. One piece of 18-8 stainless, which means nothing to corrode, no smell held onto, and it stacks flat in a drawer. Material...

A ridged reaming cone over a perforated plate, seated on a catch cup. Juice collects underneath, pips and pulp stay on top. All stainless, with no plastic to hold onto citrus oil and no paint to come off. Material -...

A stainless teapot with a deep mesh strainer that sits inside rather than sitting in the neck. Leaf gets room to open, which matters more than most other things about a teapot. Mirror finish, wooden handle and knob. Fill it...

A stainless kettle finished in a baked matte black that holds up to heat. The handle folds flat, so it stores in a cupboard rather than taking up a burner, and it travels well. Miyazaki suggest filling to about a...