When purchasing this kitchen item, money is no object....
As we should all know we spend half out lives in bed so i hope you have spent plenty on your mattress and sheets...
In regards to the kitchen what do you spare no expense?
Note: i'm sure everyone will say pots and pans and cutlery...
but anything else?
my splurge is the best rice cooker money can buy.....
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14 Comments:
Kitchen item or food item? If we're talking food, it's the freshest produce I can buy. Sometimes this is difficult in New Orleans, so Whole Foods is my best option. There goes my paycheck...
As for a kitchen item, I appreciate a good knife and a good set of pans, but I got these things on sale. I'll willingly spend more on nonsale items like good baking equipment that really gets the job done right. There are no substitutes for good nonstick cake pans and insulated cookie sheets. None!
kmnola at 1:03AM on 08/16/07
Might sound crazy, but I love French butter. I live in a rather remote part of the States, and I'll pay (and do pay) good money for it. It's available cheaper than I expected, which means I'd probably pay just about anything for it if it was harder to get.
TikiPundit at 1:31AM on 08/16/07
Okay, I'm gonna fess up...I recently invested in some Emile Henry Flameware...I LOVE it but I don't like the oval roaster so much for the cook top since I have gas *burp*...oops GAS Stovetop and for some reason the Emile Henry 6 quart roaster is all wobbly (great for oven but NOT for gas cook top). My Emile Henry 12-inch sauté pan is dreamy though and it sooooooooo beats having to use that nasty non-stick cookware (which I still use but just not as much now).
cheffy at 2:56AM on 08/16/07
Organic produce (for food)
Food processor, good knives, good pans (for cooking)
hereandthe at 8:06AM on 08/16/07
Pineapple. When I learned that how long they take to grow and how short the plants live, I stopped complaining about the price.
"Deadliest Catch" made me do the same with crab, especially the ones I know are from that area.
Food service/commercial-grades of cookware. If it lasts that long for folks who use the stuff all day every day, that's good enough for me.
LunaPierCook at 8:39AM on 08/16/07
I got myself a bamboo cutting board for chopping vegetables; it is beautiful and my knives love it.
ride&cook at 8:46AM on 08/16/07
My Kitchen Aid Pro 600 - I bake rustic style breads at least twice a month (more in the fall and winter when it's cooler) and this Kitchen Aid is a dream for working with almost any kind of dough -
trishinomaha at 9:50AM on 08/16/07
My enameled cast iron dutch oven. "Braise on".
Colorado Jim at 1:23PM on 08/16/07
Hmm,
Anything and everything Le Creuset, a Viking Range...a girl can dream..
letthemeatcake at 2:07PM on 08/16/07
Food: vanilla
Equipment: bakeware, because cheap pans really suck.
AuntJone at 2:49PM on 08/16/07
If you're smart about it, you can find a lot of good deals for the items mentioned above online. I've even gone to restaurant warehouses and been amazed at the stuff you can get for a song -- and a bad song, at that!
That being said, I'd pay anything for a good espresso machine. I use a FrancisFrancis! X5 and love it. It retails for $600-700, but paid for itself in months as I virtually stopped going to Starbucks. The trick is to learn how to use it properly or you might be disappointed (I was at first). I taught myself by reading some of the articles on CoffeeGeek.
Dominic
the zen kitchen
dvchurch at 8:44PM on 08/16/07
Le Creuset, a Wolf Range, 11 cup Cuisnart, and cheese really good cheese.
JerzeeTomato at 2:09AM on 08/17/07
I have a modern mixer w/ a bundle of assories that does everything.But I will never give up my old KitchenAid mixer. I purchased it for my mother 50 years ago--- yes you read right-- 50 years ago! When she passed away, I had it back--still in great shape !
I also treasure my two well seasoned well guarded cast iron skillets; I'm always in the market fo more cast iron ware (used of course). I've had much more but some foodie-ass cook(s) manage to abscound with my treasures.Oh well, "Dems da Breaks in dis busness"
joturtle at 11:30PM on 08/17/07
Spare no expense on spatulas! True, it's a small item that rarely costs more than $10, but I've found that you really get what you pay for with the cheaper plastic-handled versions -- I've broken or melted too many to count. I have a wood-handle silicon spatula that I use every day and it's never let me down.
butterface at 1:29AM on 08/20/07