Le Creuset Goods
Not only could they slay a burglar in one fell swoop (have you held one of their frying pans? Those things are* *hea-vy), Le Creuset goods are really good quality and have the added bonus of looking all classy-like. Don’t pay full price - they last forever so getting second-hand ones off eBay is NBD. Just give them a good scrub yeah?
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A Knife That Works
Don’t spend much on this unless you fancy doing that Masterchef speed cucumber chopping thing, which let’s face it – might just be for wankers. All you need for your humble (yet honourable) level of cooking is a blade doesn’t bend when you try and slice carrots. This one from Lakeland will do just nicely.
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Matching Knives And Forks
If you’re going cheap buying your next cutlery set, avoid plastic handles at all costs; bits’ll fall off, food will get stuck in the handles and they’ll discolour over time. Ikea’s Svit cutlery set is nothing to be sniffed at. It’ll age well and actually looks a bit posh. If you squint.
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Cafetiere – or a Nespresso Machine If You’re Loaded
Laters Nescafe, freeze dried coffee isn’t cutting it anymore. Grab yourself a cafetiere and some posh fresh coffee – if you start your day off grown up, who knows where you’ll end up? The added bonus is you’ll stop spending a fortune in the Starbucks down the road.
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Red AND White Wine Glasses
Not completely sure what the difference is but having some big bowl-on-stem type things so your red wine has room to ‘breathe’ or whatever it does, makes it look like you probably know a lot more about wine than you actually do.
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.