What cooks want

There are two ways to gift-shop for a cook. You can drop a wad on a spectacular piece of equipment that will get used three or four times a year and sit in the pantry the rest of the time. Or you can convert a relatively small amount of money into a potful of tools that will get used on a daily basis.

While I know that a $500 home sous-vide machine is going to get a lot of oohs and aahs come Christmas morning, I can’t help but wonder whether it’s the convenience of having a lot of the small tools around that will be appreciated more in the long run.

With that in mind, I wandered over to the closest kitchen-supply store to see what I could find. These might not be the big-ticket blowout items that will be the centerpiece of your holiday gift-giving, but for very little money, you can certainly fill the stockings of cooks near and dear with essentials that will get used over and over and last a lifetime.

Here are a few of my favorites. The prices are rounded off and may vary – but not by much – from store to store.

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December 16, 2010 • Posted in: Diet Help

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