How to set up your first kitchen...

It's time to put ramen noodles, hot-pots, and speed-dial Chinese delivery firmly in the rear view. You can't entertain guests with food that comes boxed and in trays. You can't invite a date up for a bite, then produce Triscuits and aerosol cheese. Most important, you can't survive and thrive on pizza and Chinese.

It's time to set up your first real kitchen.

This is not a comprehensive guide, but a sort of "Top 5" list of the very first tools, skills and recipes you should get your hands on. Every kitchen should go beyond collecting these assets, but you will find none that omits them. Use them as a starting point.

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