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It’s tempting to buy fancy kitchen tools and novel accessories, but when it comes to setting up your very first kitchen, it’s best to stick with the basics and first purchase long-lasting, high-quality, reliable essentials. Once you have all your essential tools dialed in, then is the time to go about expanding your collection to include a milkshake maker and a sous vide cooker, and so much more. For now, let’s look at 10 must-have kitchen items that you need for your culinary creativity to flourish. Chef’s Knife If you only use one knife, choose a perfect chef’s knife that fits you like a glove. It’s designed to perform many different tasks, including mincing, slicing, and chopping. A premium-quality chef’s knife can handle everything from garlic to veggies to large cuts of beef with ease. Cookware Set An excellent cookware set is both versatile and durable without compromising on style. When you already have the essential cookware pieces, then buying others

Congrats to all of the happy couples out there getting married this year! You probably fall into one of two categories when it comes to wedding gift registries: You’re excited and know exactly what you want on your registry. You’re overwhelmed and indecisive about choosing the right things.   Whichever category you fall into, every couple needs essential items for the kitchen. So, whether you are currently customizing your wedding registry or buying a wedding gift for someone else, here are seven kitchen items that are bound to get a lot of use in the years to come.   High-Quality Knife Set    Great knives are essential tools in a proper kitchen. If you go with a knife set, choose one from a premium and well-known brand, especially for couples who love to cook together. At the very least, the kitchen needs a three-piece set—including a paring knife, cook’s knife, and carving knife—such as a Wusthof knife set . You’ll want to expand your collection from there,

Like stand mixers and bakeware , dependable slow cookers are a staple of many home kitchens. Slow cooker recipes tend to be relatively simple, prepare a good quantity of food at one time, and the food that’s produced is typically quite delicious. And, for anyone who is busy and often on the go, slow cookers are a dream come true. The cooking process virtually always involves adding ingredients, turning the slow cooker on and setting a timer, and returning to a prepared meal or side. So, if you’re (wisely) contemplating picking up this most convenient kitchen appliance, or have decided your current one needs an upgrade, the following are some slow cooker considerations to keep in mind.   Programmable Functionality While the slow cooking process is relatively simple, slow cooker options are diverse. Their controls run the gamut from one knob with which you can select “off, high, low, warm,” to multifunctional digital LED control panels. Of course, the latter tends

For centuries, there were three centers of bladesmithing in the Western world from which the finest knives, swords, scissors, and razors outside of Asia were made. They were Sheffield, England; Toledo, Spain; and Solingen, Germany. While the steel from Toledo was considered the best, it was widely agreed that the finest workmanship, best bladesmiths, and most skillfully-crafted knives and swords could be found in “The City of Blades,” Solingen. In fact, Solingen blades were so finely made and so sought out that of those three blade-making capitals, it is the only one that remains the center of a thriving knife-making industry from which many of the world’s finest blades are still produced. Two of the most famous Solingen cutlers are Zwilling J.A. Henckels and Wusthof. Much of the culinary world considers knife sets from Henckels and Wusthof the standard against which all other knife sets are judged. A Zwilling J.A. Henckels Set Zwilling J.A. Henckels could be con

There is no shortage of kitchen equipment, accessories, cookware, tools, and appliances one could make great use of in a kitchen. But with so much out there, it can be tough to determine what will be legitimately useful in your kitchen and what’s more likely to just gather dust in a corner. To help, here are a few highly useful pieces of kitchen equipment that professional, amateur, and at-home chefs tend to regularly use in their kitchens. If you don’t have them already, you might want to give them a try. Copper Cookware Set There is something about a copper cookware set that simply improves a kitchen. Leaving their amazing functionality aside, copper pots and pans are gorgeous. They have a kind of timeless class that guarantees they fit any decor, looking just as at home hanging above the stove in a rustic French cottage as they do in the modern, bustling kitchens of the finest French restaurants in the world. The reason a copper pots and pans set can often be