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items I’ve loved to cook for 25 years, and I’ve gathered some amazing tools and cookbooks that make it so much easier.
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The Easy Weeknight Chili Recipe is my fall go to. Everything else I’ve cooked from this has been delicious, too - but I look forward to the weather cooling off to eat that dish on repeat.
The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science|Hardcover
This book really does contain recipes for a great many things. It’s nice to know I have recipes for everything right on my bookshelf. The recipes are simple, most don’t use hard to find ingredients, and they are usually pretty straightforward (though...
How to Cook Everything: 2000 Simple Recipes
Tools
The most hands-off and foolproof food cooking method around, and it makes you (almost) a professional chef instantly. This is how all the fancy restaurants are cooking those perfect steaks and pork chops you pay a premium for, and it's super easy to ...
Freeze your seasoned meats, veggies, poultry or fish in a vacuum sealed bag. When it’s time to cook, pull out the bag and put it in your Anova temperature controlled water bath. You’ll wind up with perfectly cooked ingredients, every time. Such delic...
Freeze your seasoned meats, veggies, poultry or fish in a vacuum sealed bag. When it’s time to cook, pull out the bag and put it in your Anova temperature controlled water bath. You’ll wind up with perfectly cooked ingredients, every time. Such delic...
Anova Culinary: Immersion Circulator
A must have if you get the Anova immersion circulator. We’re a 2 person household, and we use this to individually portion the meats we buy in bulk at Costco. Then we freeze them. We buy a pork shoulder, cut it in 1” cubes, and freeze it in 1-pound b...
Food Vacuum Sealers
A classic for a reason. I got mine back in 2003 (back before they had fun colors, alas) and it’s still going strong!!!
Stand Mixers | KitchenAid US
The cookie dough you'll suddenly be making when you get the KitchenAid? Freeze it in your FoodSaver food sealer, and then cook them in small batches in this and have a fresh cookie or two whenever you want. It's the indulgence your inner child needs ...
We’ve had this for about a year, and it’s been surprisingly wonderful. I was a skeptic about air fryers - we have a convection oven already, why would we need another appliance? Well, it crisps things crispier, and gets heated up to temperature quick...
We’ve had this for about a year, and it’s been surprisingly wonderful. I was a skeptic about air fryers - we have a convection oven already, why would we need another appliance? Well, it crisps things crispier, and gets heated up to temperature quick...
Air Fryer Toaster Oven with Grill (TOA-70) - ...
I bought several sets of pots early in my life, and it seemed like they would wear out or break after a year and I now have a kitchen full of Le Crueset pots. Once I learned to use them properly (don’t cook over too high of heat - they scorch easily)...
Cookware Sets Shop
Arthritis Friendly
I’ve had their chef’s knife and santoku for over 20 years. I have catered events and cooked in restaurants professionally with these knives. They have millions of chopping miles on them and they are still wonderful. They’re lightweight so my hands an...
Shop Global Japanese Cooking Knives
I have rheumatoid arthritis that affects my hands. I’ve had one of these for almost 15 years and it’s still doing a great job in my kitchen - and it’s the easiest on my hands by far.
Can & Jar Openers
These work so much better than my hands some days
12" Tongs With Silicone Heads