[samizdis]

I'm bemused as to why this is aimed at "founders", but whatever. I would like to say, though, that if I'd made a list of essential kit, I would have included a sauté pan; it's like a frying pan, but deeper and with vertical sides and usually with a (transparent) lid. You can cook great meals in a sauté pan - do your onions/spices/garlic etc, then add meat (if that's your thing), then stock, pasatta (or whatever) and then the bulking stuff - pasta etc - and all on the hob, rather than in an oven. Really versatile bit of kit.

[analog31]

Indeed it could have been called "cooking for grad students" which is when I started cooking on my own. Or, "cooking for busy parents" when I learned it from my mom.

Granted I already knew how to cook at the point where I was suddenly living apart from my spouse for a few months. It being Texas, I picked up a huge package of tortillas. It's amazing how well you can eat if you just know how to quickly saute some meat and vegetables.

[tylertringas]

> I would have included a sauté pan

Yep. It's the first recommendation on the list! Though I typo'd (fixed now) as sauce pan.