Here are some essentials everyone needs in his or her kitchen:
Blender
Box and micro-plane grater
Can opener
Colander
Cookie sheets
Cooling racks
Cutting boards
Dutch oven
Food Processor
French, paring and bread knives
Frying pans
Half Sheet Pan/Jelly roll pans
Hand mixer
Instant and candy thermometers
Kitchen shears
Loaf pan
Measuring cups (metal & glass)
Measuring spoons
Meat mallet
Mixing bowls
Muffin tins
Pasta cutter
Pasta pot
Pastry blender
Pastry brush
Peeler
Pie pan (pyrex/non -stick)
Potato masher
Pots with lids
Rectangular baking pan (pyrex/non -stick)
Rolling pin
Round cake pans (non-stick)
Salt & Pepper containers for cooking
Sifter
Small scoop
Soufflé dish
Spatulas
Square baking pan (pyrex/non-stick)
Stand mixer
Strainers
Tongs
Wire cooling racks
Wire whisks
Wooden spoons