HgaleK
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I'll be moving in to my first apartment in the next month or so. Between stuff from home and a bit of searching, I've got most of it picked out- good looking, but nothing I'll cry about if it gets puked on. The issue that I'm having right now is stocking my kitchen and dinnerware. I know next to nothing about the kitchen. I use (I found out the name this weekend
) a 10" omelette/fry pan whenever I do get the chance to cook- it just feels right to use. Having check out cookware this weekend, I found out that there's a huge difference in quality by price. I'm on a fairly limited budget (but it's elastic, but was thinking about going with a Calphalon 10" omelette pan, and then getting a cheap 16 piece target set like so to keep everything within the $200 range. Am I making a mistake by skimping on everything else? Should I be looking at something other than Calphalon? Do I have the idea right, but the specific splurge piece wrong? The other option it seems is to drop $200ish on a all around okay set. The other thing is cooking utensils. These would preferably be kept within the $50 range. Is there a particular work horse that's worth dropping the cash on? If I did go with the 16 piece set, it comes with a plastic lade, spatula, spoon, and slotted turner (not clue that happens to be). What about plastic vs wood? Thanks for your insight. Edit: Any nuggets of advice that you want to offer in this area I would happily accept. I'm looking forward to cooking fairly often, and am hoping to avoid as many budget mistakes and money wasters as I can. *Also, which knives are essential for the kitchen? I've been told either an 8" Chef's or a Santoku, a paring knife, and a bread knife by google. Does that sound about right?