Cuisinart DLC-XP

With its powerful motor and vast capacity, this food processor is suitable for catering and restaurant use and for the serious home chef. The possibilities are almost limitless: it chops and purées fruits, meats, vegetables, and cheese; makes pastry and bread dough; and slices and shreds almost any food, all at the touch of one of its two big gray buttons. In addition to the myriad attachments included with the machine, you might want to purchase separately specialized slicing discs and juicer and whisk attachments. All of the cutting discs slot easily onto the detachable disc stem. The processor comes with a detailed instruction/recipe booklet that has full-color photographs illustrating the parts of the machine and how to use them to make everything from tabbouleh to curried pumpkin soup to brioche dough.