A handheld blender is a magic wand for your kitchen, useful for puréeing soups, emulsifying sauces, and whipping up smoothies An immersion blender's compact size and versatility make it a handy tool.

Video tutorial: What you need to know about using immersion blenders Immersion blenders are a handy kitchen tool, but there's a right way and a wrong way to use them.

An immersion blender, also called a hand blender or stick blender, is a kitchen tool that is basically a stick with a very sharp blade on one end and controls on the other. It can chop, whip, puree, ...

Kat Thompson is the audience editor of Eater’s Southern California/Southwest region. The best White Elephant gift might just be an immersion blender. I’m biased because that’s what I once brought to a ...