OK, I admit I’m lying — the thought of using a cat-embossed rolling pin had never crossed my mind, but now that we’ve spotted one on Etsy from ValekRollingPins, there may be a strong desire to own one ...

Few kitchen tools define the craft of baking quite like the rolling pin. This unassuming workhorse performs many essential tasks in the kitchen — from stretching a pizza to flattening cookie dough.

The home cook’s arsenal is full of tools from simple to complex, manual to automated. Few rival the elegant simplicity of the rolling pin. Then again, there’s enough variety among the options for this ...