If you've got a fried-chicken recipe or a much-loved eggplant parmigiana in your cooking repertoire, you know that breading foods for the frying pan can be a messy business. No matter how hard you try, gloppy egg and gritty breadcrumbs end up all over the countertop. We love the tidy, super-practical breading kit from Chef's Catalog, which has larger pans than most of the other breading kits we've seen, is dishwasher-safe, and (score one for eggplant parmigiana night) stacks compactly for storage. $24.99 at ChefsCatalog.com.