champagne tastes on a beer budget

This list is not intended to be completely comprehensive, as it represents my kitchen. For example: I don’t own cookie cutters, because I don’t have kids. I never saw the point of a breadmaker, and I use my food processor instead of a blender. If you make a lot of mixed drinks or smoothies, a blender will be more useful for you.  I use an egg separator, because I’m no good at separating them by hand. I also have a lot of specialty devices (deep fryer, ice cream maker) that other people may not find nearly as useful. So adapt as you see fit.

 

A really, really good set of knives – I have the Shun Ken Onion set. You can’t pay too much for knives.

 

Small appliances

KitchenAid stand mixer (I have the pasta making attachments as well)

Coffee maker

Espresso machine

Microwave

Toaster oven

Food processor

Crock pot

Deep fryer

Ice cream maker

Waffle iron

Coffee grinder

Immersion blender (a.k.a. stick blender)

 

Pots and Pans

Cast iron skillet (various sizes)

One good big all-purpose skillet

Saucepans, with lids, of various sizes

Other smaller skillets

Large stockpot

Large Dutch oven

Teakettle

For baking

Lasagna pan (this doubles as a roasting pan, with removable roasting rack)

Roasting pans of various sizes

Griddle

Crepe pan

Cookie sheets/baking sheets, various sizes

Tart pan

Pie pans (2)

Cake pans (3)

Soufflé pan

Pyrex casserole dishes of various sizes (square; rectangles)

Pizza stone

Springform pan

Muffin pan

Ramekins (12)

Bundt pan (fluted and plain)

 

The little stuff

Baster and a basting brush

Bottle opener

Butter dish

Cake server

Can opener

Champagne stopper

Chopsticks

Coasters

Colander(s)

Corkscrew

Corn holders

Creamer and sugar dishes

Crème brulee torch

Cutting boards, various sizes

Decorative pie cutters

Egg separator

Extra squeeze bottles

Flour sifter

Funnel

Gnocchi paddle

Gravy boat

Icing palette

Instant thermometer

Kitchen scissors

Kitchen towels and washcloths

Measuring cups and spoons

Meat tenderizer

Melon baller

Metal skewers

Microplane, hand grater, six-sided stand grater

Mixing bowls of various sizes

Nutcracker

Pasta cutter

Pastry bags and tips

Pastry wheel

Pie weights

Pitcher

Pizza wheel

Pot holders

Potato masher and potato ricer

Rolling pin

Rubber spatulas of various sizes

Salad tongs

Salt and pepper grinders (or a salt pig)

Serving trays, olive tray

Spatulas of various sizes, and a fish spatula

Steak knives

Tea ball

Tongs of various sizes

Trivets

Tupperware (lots and lots)

Vase

Vegetable peeler

Whisks, flat whisk

Wooden spoons and serving spoons of various sizes