 | KitchenAid KSM150PSBU Artisan Series 5-Quart Mixer, Cobalt Blue
Buy new: $295.73 Essential for baking and for many other dishes that require heavy mixing or whipping
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 | Braun MR550MCA Culinary Series Variable Speed Hand Blender and Chopper
Excellent for most small chopping and mixing needs
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 | Cuisinart DLC-10S Pro Classic 7-Cup Food Processor
Buy new: $129.99 / Used from: $93.99 Takes care of all those heavy-duty chopping tasks, and even helps you make dough or pastry!
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 | Wüsthof Grand Prix 7-Piece Knife Block Set
Wonderful set of knives for almost every use
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 | Chef's Choice 110 Professional Diamond Hone Sharpener
Buy new: $84.99 Keeps those expensive knives beautifully sharp
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 | Calphalon Professional Nonstick II 10-Piece Cookware Set
My favorite cookware. OK, it's not cheap but it gives great results. Better than All-Clad in my opinion
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 | WMF Ceramill Glass Spice Mill
You need this for grinding spices. Freshly ground spices beat those stale jars of ground spices
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 | Cookwise: The Secrets of Cooking Revealed by Shirley O. Corriher
Buy new: $25.19 / Used from: $28.75 All about chooking from the chemistry of why some things work and others don't. And how to have more successes than failures
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 | How to Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food by Mark Bittman
Buy used from: $5.64 One of the best cookbooks out there. Has a recipe for just about everything, but also lots of useful information on ingredients, cooking and planning meals
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 | The Best Recipe by Editors of Cook's Illustrated Magazine
Buy used from: $24.70 Another indispensible book. Full of recipes from the test kitchen with full explanation about why the techniques are best. Written with great wit and style
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 | The Wine Bible by Karen MacNeil
Buy new: $12.97 / Used from: $6.28 Absolutely the best book for getting serious about wine
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 | How to Taste: A Guide to Enjoying Wine by Jancis Robinson
Buy used from: $0.91 Second best book for learning about wine
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 | Vacu Vin Concerto 3-Piece Wine Saver Set
Buy new: $19.65 Perfect for keeping wine fresh for a day or two. Definitely useful when comparing wines. so you can open 2 bottles at once
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 | Baking with Julia Savor the Joys of Baking with America's Best Bakers by Dorie Greenspan
Buy new: $28.80 / Used from: $17.50 My favorite book for baking. Recipes are from well-known chefs who appeared on Julia's PBS show.
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 | Jacques Pepin's Kitchen: Encore With Claudine by Jacques Pepin
Buy used from: $0.72 Better than his first book from the PBS series
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 | MOLLIE KATZEN'S VEGETABLE HEAVEN: OVER 200 RECIPES FOR UNCOMMON SOUPS, TASTY BITES, SIDE-BY-SIDE DISHES, AND TOO MANY DESSERTS by Mollie Katzen
Buy used from: $2.71 Full of wonderful meatless recipes that won't make you hate the word "vegetarian"
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 | The Mediterranean Kitchen by Joyce Goldstein
Buy used from: $31.36 By one of the best chef's specializing in combining innovative and traditional touches for Mediterranean cooking
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 | Savoring France: Recipes and Reflections on French Cooking (Savoring ...) by Georgeanne Brennan
Buy used from: $12.86 Great introduction to regional French cooking, with great photographs
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 | Classic Indian Cooking by Julie Sahni
Buy new: $20.87 / Used from: $14.30 The title says it all. Great resource on ingredients and techniques
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 | In Nonna's Kitchen: Recipes and Traditions from Italy's Grandmothers by Carol Field
Buy used from: $5.38 Fabulous collection of homestyle Italian cooking
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 | The Art of Eating by M. F. K. Fisher
Buy used from: $1.09 A collection of essays by one of America's best known food writers
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