First Things First – Equipment and Ingredients

Let’s say you are starting a kitchen from scratch. Let’s say you are moving into your own place for the first time. Let’s say you have minimal equipment or need to buy your own. What do you need to start cooking? I include a list below, but I’ll add ‘first’ equipment and materials as good ideas emerge.

• 1 mid size nonstick frying pan (10 inches or 25 cm in diameter)
• 1 mid size cooking pan (2 quarts or 2 lt)
• A wooden spoon
• A ladle
• A spatula

And what should your first ingredient shopping involve? My bare essentials in a kitchen involve:

• A bag/box of macaroni
• A bag of rice
• Salt
• Butter
• Cooking oil
• A few onions
• A head of garlic