Here are some basic things you really want — things that I didn’t have when I started to expand my cooking horizons a few years ago.
Things I use for bread-making in many Ways Of The Day:
- Baking Sheet, 13″ x 18″
- Cooling Rack, 12″ x 16″
- Silicone Bowl Scraper
- Cast Iron Double Dutch Oven
- Dough Scraper/Cutter
- 6-quart Food Storage Container
- Tortilla Press
Everything you need for pizza-making:
- Marble Rolling Pin
- Pizza Peel (Paddle)
- even better Pizza Peel
- Pizza Stone for your oven
- Pizza Grilling thing
When the Farmers Markets and your CSA farm share are full of Spring and Summer greens:
Things you’re always reaching for:
- Stainless Steel & Silicone Whisk
- Stainless-Steel Whisk Set, 3 sizes
- Stainless Steel Tongs
- longer Stainless Steel Tongs
- mandoline slicer
- hand-held mandoline slicer
- Pyrex 1-cup measure
- Pyrex 4-cup measure
- Measuring Cup & Spoon Set
- 4-quart Mixing Bowl for big stuff
- Oven Thermometer
- Analog Kitchen Thermometer
- Fast-Read Digital Kitchen Thermometer
- very compact Kitchen Scale
I did buy really good knives years ago, but they didn’t improve with age. Here they are, along with a sharpener that’s so easy to use … you’ll actually use it.
