Kitchen Essentials - Buy It Or Pass On It

[Pluff Mudder]

kitchen essentials, and items you can pass by

Where should your kitchen dough go? Two expert -- and opinionated -- cooks weigh in
By Russ Parsons and Amy Scattergood, Times Staff Writers



Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times
CREPE PAN: Worth it? Or not?.

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Value is a relative concept. Just ask the folks at Lehman Brothers. But when it comes to ingredients and kitchen tools that beckon to the enthusiastic home cook, it's important to the bottom line -- in this case, a great meal -- to take a look at what's really worth your hard-earned cash -- and what isn't.


Kitchen essentials, and items you can pass by - Los Angeles Times

[Food Network Fan]

That is a nasty looking pan.

[Pluff Mudder]

Must be one of those steel ones. They say the darker they get the better they cook. If that's the truth, then that one most cook really well!

[Food Network Fan]

Maybe so. Like a carbon steel wok.

[Bentley Green]

Well, guess I'm old school.

Old school cast iron does the trick every time. Haha!!