Just as man must learn to walk before he can run, budding chefs must learn to chop carrots before they can run with knives. Stock up on culinary tools with today's Groupon: for $15, you get $30 worth of kitchen accessories and home products at The Kitchen Clique in Brooklyn. This Groupon is valid for in-store and online items.

The Kitchen Clique helps adorn and accessorize kitchens with its exhaustive collection of gourmet and brand-name cookware, bakeware, appliances, and accessories. Serve up scintillating stir-fries with a Nordicware 7-quart chef's pan ($31.99), or pick up a springform pan ($43.99) to make steel-file-obscuring birthday cakes.

The Kitchen Clique also carries a host of traditional and trendy dinnerware and china, as well as specialty foods such as hazelnut praline filling ($11.49) and mexican vanilla extract ($11.99). Curious culinarians can also expand their skills with one of Kitchen Clique's shiny appliances, including a Cuisinart bread maker ($99.95) and a 3-pound capacity deep fryer ($99.95) for fricasseeing potatoes, meats, and old hockey trophies.