A food processor is a versatile kitchen appliance that can quickly and easily chop, slice, shred, grind, and puree almost any food. Some models can also assist the home cook in making citrus and vegetable juice, beating cake batter, kneading bread dough, beating egg whites, and grinding meats and vegetables.
Food choppers are ideal for small batches and coarser ingredient prep like chopping fresh fruits and vegetables, mincing garlic or puréeing sauces. Blenders are best suited to larger batches or wetter recipes, and feature powerful motors and blades designed to pulverize, blend and even liquify.