What would a kitchen be without knives? I couldn’t imagine cooking a meal without having a knife close to hand. In general I’ve found that there are two schools of thought when it comes to knives. The “Each knife has a purpose” school and “The one knife suits all” School. Both have their own merits, [...]

So Bowls and Jugs, they’re maybe not as essential as ingredients and pots and pans but as you start to cook more and more, you will begin to find that for some recipes (particularly baking) they are a big help at the least and in some cases essential (measuring jug). We have a selection of [...]

One thing that I’ve found makes cooking regularly a lot easier is having a “stock” selection of certain items close to hand in the kitchen at all times. I’m going to list the ones I always have some of below. I’m going to start off with dry herbs and spices. If you have these to [...]

As a companion series to our recipes, I decided it would be a good idea to take a look at some essential kitchen equipment that I’ve gathered up over the years, to try and explain why the pieces are so useful. First up is saucepans and frying pans. We were lucky enough to receive gifts [...]