Essentials – things I can’t do without in the kitchen
There are some things – ingredients, books, gear – that I can’t do without in the kitchen.
Today sees the start of a series of posts about them.
What can’t you do without?
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Planned books:
- Floyd\’s India by Keith Floyd
- McGee on Food and Cooking: An Encyclopedia of Kitchen Science, History and Culture by Harold McGee
Current books:
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Pat Chapman\’s Vegetable Curry Bible by Pat Chapman
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Don\’t Sweat the Aubergine: What Works in the Kitchen and Why by Nicholas Clee
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Soho Cooking by Alastair Little
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In Search of Perfection by Heston Blumenthal
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Gordon Ramsay\’s Sunday Lunch: And Other Recipes from the \ by Gordon Ramsay
Recent books:
- Rick Stein’s Food Heroes by Rick Stein
- Elizabeth David Classics: \ by Elizabeth David
- Roast Chicken and Other Stories by Simon Hopkinson
- The Cranks Bible: A Timeless Collection of Vegetarian Recipes by Nadine Abensur
- A Taste of the Country by Jimmy Doherty
Technorati
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June 24th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
A sharp knife! I hate blunt knives.
Incidentally, do you know where you can get a knife re-ground? My best knife seems to be beyond re-sharpening.
July 18th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
@ Leif
I don’t know, I’m afraid.