The Kitchen Gear That Actually Earns Its Keep

Tried-and-true favorites, so you can skip the trial and error and get right to the good stuff.

Array of white and wooden kitchen utensils including spatulas, whisks, and tongs laid out on a flat surface.

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Cookbooks
Tools
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Cookware
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COOKBOOKS

  • Good Things cookbook by Samin Nosrat

    Good Things

    Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love

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  • Book cover titled 'Every Day with Babs' by Barbara Costello, featuring a smiling woman in glasses and a blue apron holding a large bowl of pasta salad in a bright, modern kitchen.

    Every Day With Babs

    101 Family-Friendly Dinners for Every Day of the Week

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  • Cover of a cookbook titled "The 5 Ingredient College Cookbook" by Pamela Ellgen, featuring an image of avocado toast topped with poached eggs and cherry tomatoes.

    The 5-Ingredient College Cookbook

    More Than 100 Tasty and Affordable 5-Ingredient Recipes

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  • Cover of a book titled 'Costco one stop meals' by Brittney Hanks, Home & Kind. A woman with long blonde hair, wearing a floral blouse, is smiling in a kitchen surrounded by ingredients including tomatoes, lettuce, and cooked chicken.

    Coscto One Stop Meals

    60+ Easy-to-Prepare Recipes and Only One Stop—Costco!

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TOOLS

  • A clear glass measuring cup marked with red measurement lines and numbers, with a handle on the left side.

    Anchor Hocking Fire-king Glass Measuring Cup

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  • Six piece set of stainless steel magnetic measuring spoons

    Cuisinart Stainless Steel Magnetic Measuring Spoons

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  • Green and grey cutting boards with storage holder

    Joseph Joseph Cutting Board Set

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  • Four stacked stainless steel mixing bowls and lids

    Joseph Joseph Nesting Stainless Steel Mixing Bowls

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  • A glass pitcher filled with water, with an infuser or filter inside, against a black background.

    LifeStraw Water Filter Pitcher

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  • OXO Good Grips black meat shredding claws

    OXO Good Grips Meat Shredding Claws

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  • A clear plastic salad spinner with green vegetables inside, set against a black background.

    OXO Good Grips Salad Spinner

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  • Stainless steel set of four measuring cups

    OXO Good Grips Stainless Steel Magnetic Measuring Cups

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  • Black and stainless steel vegetable peeler

    OXO Good Grips Swivel Vegetable Peeler

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  • Green and white onion chopper with onions inside, used for dicing.

    PrepWorks 3-Blade Dice & Slice Chopper

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  • Four clear glass food storage containers with black clips on the lids, stacked together against a black background.

    Rubbermaid Glass Food Storage Containers

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  • Stainless steel strainer/colander

    Stainless Steel Colander

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  • Three black cooking utensils with wooden handles and three wooden wall hooks, all set against a black background.

    Staub Silicone with Wood Handle 5-pc Cooking Utensil Set

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  • Two vertical electric pepper and salt grinders, one white and one black, with transparent spice chambers showing pepper and salt, labeled 'ZWILLING' at the bottom.

    Zwilling Electric Salt & Pepper Mill Set

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  • A set of 2 Zwilling Pro knives, a chef's knife and a paring knife with black handle

    Zwilling Pro Knife Set

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APPLIANCES

  • A white portable blender with a blending container filled with orange and yellow fruit chunks, a half orange, and two mandarin segments placed beside it.

    The Beast Mini Blender Plus

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  • Silver four-slice toasting bread toaster with four cancel, bagel, and defrost buttons.

    Haden Dorset 4 Slice Wide Slot Stainless Steel Toaster

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  • Stainless steel 7-1 electric cooker, pressure cooker, slow cooker

    Instant Pot Duo 7-in-1 Electric Cooker

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COOKWARE

  • Two cream pot holders

    All-Clad Premium Pot Holder & Hot Pad

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  • A white frying pan with a gold-colored handle on a black background.

    Caraway Nonstick Ceramic Frying Pan

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  • Set of blue cookware pots with lids, stirring utensils, and frying pans.

    GreenPan Nova Cookware Pots & Pans Set

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  • A set of three stainless steel trays stacked inside each other on a black background.

    Nordic Ware Naturals Sheet Pan Set

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  • Two white ceramic baking dishes, one rectangular and one oval, stacked with the rectangular dish inside the oval dish.

    Staub Ceramic Rectangular Baking Dish Set

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GIFTS

  • Stack of white dish towels with blue stripes.

    Aunt Martha's Vintage Dish Towels

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  • LED candles in a holder, with some candles lit and others unlit.

    Metal Tapered 7 Plate Candle Holder

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  • A white wooden birdhouse with brown straps hanging from a string.

    Mud Pie White Wood Cookbook Holder

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  • 2 large blue stoneware coffee mugs

    Set of 2 Bosmarlin Large Stoneware Speckled Coffee Mugs

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