The Minimalist Kitchen
What tools do you really need to cook well? Ask Mark Bittman and Michael Ruhlman.
Bittman: A No-Frills Kitchen Still Cooks
Pull quote: “With a bit of savvy, patience and a willingness to forgo steel-handle knives, copper pots and other extravagant items, $200 can equip a basic kitchen that will be adequate for just about any task, and $300 can equip one quite well.”Ruhlman: My Favorite Kitchen “Gadgets”
Pull quote: “I don’t have a single useless gadget any more. I even threw out those ridiculous corn cob shaped corn holders my mother puts in my Christmas stocking every year. I only have practical gadgets, so I took a picture of them. Were I forbidden to use any one of them, I would be cranky indeed. Were I to go stage in a kitchen, I’d feel pretty confident that if I had these items, I could get just about anything I needed done.”Word.
