[skyyler]

> If I were a beginner

This book is not for beginners. It's not even for home cooks.

Also, hilariously, there's a list of equipment provided in the version for home cooks. It's quite different from what you're suggesting to a beginner, because even the version of this book that is for home cooks is not for beginners.

[sleepybrett]

I'd say it's not really for anyone

[skyyler]

It's for Nathan Myhrvold