Photo: Amazon Prime Video Summer vacation looks a little different this year. If you’re lucky enough to escape town , you’ll probably be road-tripping to a nearby state, and you may even turn what would normally be a weekend away into an extended stay, due to current work-from-home conditions. .
$25 at Amazon Buy $25 at Amazon Buy All-Purpose Ribbed Terry Bar Mop Towel $17 now 12% off $15 Photo: retailer Instead of bringing a carful of paper towels to your rental, consider the humble, eminently reusable bar towel, a staple of any restaurant or bar. “These towels are zero waste and are super inexpensive for a dozen,” Kornack and Hieronimus say. “They can be reused and washed over and over.
$20 at Amazon Buy $20 at Amazon Buy Great Jones Holy Sheet Pan $35 Sheet pans are the kitchen workhorse you’ll want around at your rental. They’re ideal for big meals, like roasted vegetables, late-night chocolate chip cookies, or whole roasted chicken. “We use our sheet pan almost every day,” Kornack says. “It makes roasting vegetables and other foods super easy. We love cooking outside and grill year-round.
$40 at Amazon Buy $40 at Amazon Buy REI Co-op Pack-Away 12 Soft Cooler From $24 $35 now 31% off From $24 Photo: retailer From $24 at REI Buy Small Round Hot Cold Packs With Cloth Backing, 10 Pack $13 $15 now 13% off $13 $13 at Amazon Buy $13 at Amazon Buy Finally, if you plan on making day trips to nearby towns or parks, make sure you have a cooler and ice packs so you can bring food and drinks along.
$10 at Basbaas Sauce Buy San Francisco-Style Sourdough Starter $11 Photo: retailer Anyone looking to truly connect with their inner homesteader may want to bring along a sourdough starter and what Newberg calls “all the important flours,” including bread flour, all-purpose flour, and whole-wheat flour, so you can make your own bread while you’re away.
The long sad history of multi-tools reveals that multi-tools break down far, far more often than single-purpose tools. That is as true for kitchen equipment as it is for multipurpose fax machines, etc.