12 Essential Kitchen Tools

If you’re a beginner cook, these are the 12 tools you need to get started. Or if you’ve been cooking a long time, you may want to simplify and pare down to these basics.

Essential Kitchen Tools Instant-Read Thermometer
The All New Complete Cooking Light Cookbook, Oxmoor House 2006
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Instant-Read Thermometer

Use an instant-read thermometer to check meringues, meat, and poultry to be sure they’ve cooked to the correct temperature. Don’t leave the thermometer in the oven while the food is cooking; remove it from the food after you read the temperature.
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