If you want to just try basic and simple cooking and are not sure about going ahead with more complicated recipes, you can stop here. You can always purchase other things which may be called for in certain recipes, one at a time,.

If, however, you wish to elaborate, you may need some of the following:
• blender
• double boiler
• electric mixer
• food mill
• food processor
• funnel
• hand beater for whipping cream and egg whites
• measuring cups
• measuring spoons
• meat grinder ( or food chopper)
• melon baller
• muffin tins (may be used as custard cups)
• pie pans, cake pans and baking sheets, round, square and rectangle
• pressure cooker
• rolling pin, also good for crumbling crackers of cookies
• rubber, plastic and a wooden spatula (for scraping bits from pans in degreasing)
• scales
• springform pan and pie and tart pans with removable bottom
• strainers of various sizes
• tea strainer
• timer
• toaster

A magnetic knife holder is useful because it can be attached to the wall, in order to avoid cutting hands, which may occur if knives are all stored together in a drawer.

Perhaps superfluous, but nonetheless gratifying, as they simplify preparation, make it more enjoyable and they may improve the results as well, you might want to get any one of the following:
• apple corer, or gadget for cutting apples into segments and coring at the same time
• butter curler
• custard cups
• hard boiled egg slicer
• raw egg separator
• tomato slicer

And going for more expensive utensils and perhaps also superfluous:
• electric chopper
• electric deep-fryer
• electric fruit juicer
• multipurpose food processor

We shall stop here and apologize if we have omitted anything
Of course, if we browse in any housewares store we can always find lots of interesting gadgets. However, be careful not to do as some people who fill their kitchen with gadgets they will never use but can’t get up the courage to throw them away.