Buying Cooking Supplies For Your First Apartment

Cookware

All cooks agree on one thing: you should buy the very best cooking supplies you can afford, and cookware is no exception. At a minimum, you will need a small sauté pan, a large sauté pan, a saucepan, and a large pot so you can boil noodles or cook rice. Nonstick pans are generally best, but be sure never to touch them with metal utensils.

Cooking Utensils

Cooked food is hot, and you need utensils to go with your other cooking supplies so you can stir and turn your food. Look for an assortment of wooden, plastic and metal spoons; a spatula; measuring spoons and cups; a whisk; and a ladle. You will also need a set of knives: a large butcher knife or cleaver, a small paring knife, and a long bread knife with a serrated blade.

Small Appliances

These cooking supplies are mostly a matter of convenience. You can toast bread under the broiler, but it's so much easier if you have a toaster. Besides a toaster, you should consider getting a coffeemaker, a blender or food processor, and an electric grinder for grinding coffee beans and spices.

Setting up cooking supplies for your new kitchen is fun, and when you finish you can cook yourself a wonderful, home-cooked meal.