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The book, and the handful of tools I would replace tomorrow if they broke. Nothing here is on the list because someone paid for it to be.

Open kitchen shelving with ceramics, pans and jars

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Kitchen essentials

The cookbook

The pan I reach for

The pan I reach for

A 26cm cast-iron skillet, seasoned once and never washed with soap. Everything starts here.

The heavy pot

The heavy pot

For anything that wants three hours and no attention. Mine is fifteen years old and chipped.

One good knife

One good knife

Not a block of five. One, sharpened often, and you will use it for everything.

A board big enough

A board big enough

Most boards are too small. This one holds a whole chicken and the vegetables beside it.

Glass measuring jug

Glass measuring jug

Graduations that survive the dishwasher, and a lip that actually pours.

A fine rasp grater

A fine rasp grater

Zest, garlic, parmesan, nutmeg. The one tool that makes food taste like a restaurant.

Instant-read thermometer

Instant-read thermometer

The end of guessing whether it is done. Pays for itself the first time.

Everyday olive oil

Everyday olive oil

The one for cooking, not the bottle you finish a plate with. Buy the big tin.

Everything here is something we cook with. Posted within two working days, thirty-day returns.

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My First Ever Cookbook

Sixty recipes built around cooking once and eating twice — a long Sunday lunch, and what it becomes on Tuesday. Hardback, 240 pages, photographed in the same kitchen as everything here.

My First Ever Cookbook, standing on a kitchen counter

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Discount codes

Places I actually shop, and what they have given readers here.

Stoneware Co.

ROSA15

15% off everything

Mill & Grain

SUNDAY

Free delivery over £30

The Olive Press

ROSA10

10% off first order

Copper & Iron

TWICE

£20 off cookware

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