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One of the most useful gadgets in our kitchen is a simple little rectangle of metal. It's called a pastry scraper (or bench scraper), and unless you are a pastry chef, you probably don't have one. If you have ever chopped an onion, only to lose little bits of it to the floor as you tried to transfer it to your skillet, you'll like this tool. If you have ever found your cutting board or butcher block caked with the remnants of garlic, dough, or other foods and you were tempted to ruin the edge of your favorite chef's knife just to get it clean, you'll like this tool.