Kitchen Products That Are Helping to Find a Cure

Pink Kitchenware and Cooking Equipment for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

The newest product in KitchenAid's Cook for the Cause collection is an Ultra Power Stand Mixer in white with a subtle pink band of trim. The stand mixer is available at Target for $249.99, $40 of which will be contributed to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation when the product purchase is register on the Cook for the Cure website. The stand mixer is just one of a number of products that will help raise funds for the Komen foundation. KitchenAid has raised $6 million so far and is guaranteeing a minimum contribution of $1 million more with the Cook for the Cure products being sold this year.

This pink silicone muffin pan makes a half-dozen heart-shaped muffins, cupcakes or brownies. Silicone is naturally nonstick, dishwasher safe, and flexible for storage. Priced at $9.95, your purchase from the Breast Cancer Site will pay for 1 percent of a mammogram.

These cozy ceramic teacups look like they're ready for a cup of Earl Grey, but they're actually a four-piece set of measuring cups. Measurements are printed inside the rim and include ounce and metric equivalents. Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson is donating all of her royalties from the sales of the sets to the Lavender Trust at Breast Cancer Care, which supports younger women with breast cancer.

This sculptural, molded plastic corkscrew made by L'Atelier du Vin is part of RedEnvelope's "Give Pink" collection. With purchases of products from this collection, RedEnvelope will donate 10 percent of the proceeds (up to $10,000) to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation.

Vic Firth, a tympanist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, first tried his hand at designing with a line of drumsticks that soon became to be known as one of the industry's best brands. He's turned his design skills to the kitchen with a line of pepper mills that have a precise grinding mechanism. The Pink Ribbon mill is part of the line he designed with chef Mario Batali, and 10 percent of the proceeds from the sale of the product go to support breast cancer research.

The 14th edition of the venerable Better Homes & Gardens cookbook includes a 64-page bonus chapter that includes healthy recipes and lifestyle suggestions to help reduce the risk of breast cancer, along with recipes and thoughts from celebrity chefs whose lives have been touched by the disease, including Sara Moulton, Lidia Bastianich and Paula Deen. Fifty-two percent of the purchase price supports the Susan G. Komen for a Cure Foundation.

Keep track of whose steak is whose by marking each piece of meat with a Grill Charm before putting it on the indoor or outdoor grill. Similar to the concept of wine charms, these dime-sized, stainless steel markers have serrated stems to keep them in place, and each charm in the set has a different design. The product's inventor, Leslie Haywood, introduced the Pink Collection after being diagnosed with breast cancer while in her mid-30s. Haywood is donating 10 percent of the proceeds from the sale of the Pink Collection to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. A set of 6 is $19.95.

The Organized Parent will donate 20 percent from each sale of this stainless steel thermos to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation. The thermos holds a half-liter of hot beverage and retails for $20.