10 Essentials to Have More FUN In the Kitchen
Here is a top-ten list of my most-used tools, tools chefs around the world use every day. These have helped me go from kitchen pathetic to kitchen padawan and made cooking easier and yummier. 1. CHEF’S KNIFE. A good knife becomes an
6. KITCHEN TONGS. Your knife is an extension of
extension of your own hand (a very sharp extension). Good knife options: 1) Henckels Four Star Chef’s Knife. The knife I learned to cook with ($150). 2) Shun 8” Chef’s Knife ($135). 3) Bob Kramer Chef Knife. One day! (average: $1,300). Other good brands: Global, Wüsthof. If nothing else, you must own a good knife.
your hand in prep, but your tongs are an extension of your hand over the stove or grill. $7 investment = totally worth it. Get one of each of these kinds: plastic tipped ($5.67), stainless steel ($9.49), extended length for grilling ($14.95).
2. SMART TASTE BUDS. Your taste buds need to
salt is like U2 performing a concert without microphones or speakers. The food is the star of the show, but salt is what makes everyone take notice (about $2.50 in the store or here for $7.50 online).
7. KOSHER SALT. Salt is important. Cooking without
know what amazing food tastes like so that you can also make amazing food. If you haven’t tasted excellent roast chicken, it will be hard to know if you’ve hit the mark. Keep educating those taste buds 8. FULL FLAVOR FAT (BUTTER, OLIVE OIL, DUCK (tough job, I know). FAT, COCONUT OIL, ETC). Good, flavorful food 3. WOODEN SPOONS (NOT PLASTIC!). They don’t starts with yummy fat. Upgrade butter with duck or scratch your pots and pans, they’re pretty, and they look nice in your kitchen. Sometimes I steal my mother’s when I go home for a visit. Never judge me. Food52 has a beautiful collection ($130), although you can also just get these from Amazon ($7.90).
lard for a more decadent flavor. Don’t use crappy olive oil! Instead go with cold-pressed, extra-virgin (like this, $14). 9. PARCHMENT PAPER. Helps brown food evenly.
Next time you make cookies or roasted vegetables, roast one pan with parchment paper and one without. The difference is cray-cray. Cleanup is way medium, and massive. Weigh your ingredients and easier, too. BONUS! I use this one ($11.19 and it will make great food every time. This one is great ($11.26) last a long time.) 4. KITCHEN SCALE. For precision. A recipe may call for five strawberries, but strawberries come in tiny,
5. MEAT THERMOMETER. Don’t play meat roulette. 10. BAR KEEPERS FRIEND. Miracle. Worker. Saves Take the guesswork out and control the quality of hours scrubbing away at blackened spots on the your food. Here’s one I like ($15.50). bottoms of your pans. (Here for about $12)
NOW GO FORTH AND MAKE YUMMY FOOD. AND FOR DINNER TONIGHT, TRY OUT THIS DELICIOUS RECIPE!
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6. KITCHEN TONGS. Your knife is an extension of
extension of your own hand (a very sharp extension). Good knife options: 1) Henckels Four Star Chef’s Knife. The knife I learned to cook with ($150). 2) Shun 8” Chef’s Knife ($135). 3) Bob Kramer Chef Knife. One day! (average: $1,300). Other good brands: Global, Wüsthof. If nothing else, you must own a good knife.
your hand in prep, but your tongs are an extension of your hand over the stove or grill. $7 investment = totally worth it. Get one of each of these kinds: plastic tipped ($5.67), stainless steel ($9.49), extended length for grilling ($14.95).
2. SMART TASTE BUDS. Your taste buds need to
salt is like U2 performing a concert without microphones or speakers. The food is the star of the show, but salt is what makes everyone take notice (about $2.50 in the store or here for $7.50 online).
7. KOSHER SALT. Salt is important. Cooking without
know what amazing food tastes like so that you can also make amazing food. If you haven’t tasted excellent roast chicken, it will be hard to know if you’ve hit the mark. Keep educating those taste buds 8. FULL FLAVOR FAT (BUTTER, OLIVE OIL, DUCK (tough job, I know). FAT, COCONUT OIL, ETC). Good, flavorful food 3. WOODEN SPOONS (NOT PLASTIC!). They don’t starts with yummy fat. Upgrade butter with duck or scratch your pots and pans, they’re pretty, and they look nice in your kitchen. Sometimes I steal my mother’s when I go home for a visit. Never judge me. Food52 has a beautiful collection ($130), although you can also just get these from Amazon ($7.90).
lard for a more decadent flavor. Don’t use crappy olive oil! Instead go with cold-pressed, extra-virgin (like this, $14). 9. PARCHMENT PAPER. Helps brown food evenly.
Next time you make cookies or roasted vegetables, roast one pan with parchment paper and one without. The difference is cray-cray. Cleanup is way medium, and massive. Weigh your ingredients and easier, too. BONUS! I use this one ($11.19 and it will make great food every time. This one is great ($11.26) last a long time.) 4. KITCHEN SCALE. For precision. A recipe may call for five strawberries, but strawberries come in tiny,
5. MEAT THERMOMETER. Don’t play meat roulette. 10. BAR KEEPERS FRIEND. Miracle. Worker. Saves Take the guesswork out and control the quality of hours scrubbing away at blackened spots on the your food. Here’s one I like ($15.50). bottoms of your pans. (Here for about $12)
NOW GO FORTH AND MAKE YUMMY FOOD. AND FOR DINNER TONIGHT, TRY OUT THIS DELICIOUS RECIPE!
PRINT AND SAVE || TALIABUNTING.COM
