Equipment

Appears in
An Invitation to Italian Cooking

By Antonio Carluccio

Published 1986

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In an Italian kitchen, successful cooking does not depend on the tools you use, but tasks are made simpler with the aid of certain utensils and gadgets. Below are a few I think you should consider, but you will already have many other kitchen necessities such as baking trays, wooden spoons, pots and pans.

Swivel-headed peeler

Vegetable knife (15cm/6 in)

Serrated knife for tomatoes

All-purpose knives (20cm/18 in and 25cm/10 in)

Curved butcher’s knife (20-25cm/8-10 in)

Serrated bread knife

Corer