Intelligencer - The Strategist Kitchen 100

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Our (discerning, always-testing) kitchen and dining writer, Emma Wartzman, recently updated the Strategist Kitchen 100. It’s a neat inventory of items that make up the ultimate kitchen, whether you’re a veteran home cook who has been using the same Vitamix blender for ages or someone moving into their first apartment. You’ll find plenty of classics that live up to their reputation: a Staub Dutch oven, an All-Clad stainless-steel saucepan, and Pyrex liquid measuring cups, to name a few. There are also more unexpected picks, like a handy tool for stripping greens a salad-obsessed cookbook author told us about, the durable and timeless plates Wartzman is spotting all over New York City right now (and owns herself), the inexpensive vegetable peeler used at the French Laundry, and even painters’ tape and Sharpies — because every cook worth their salt loves a label. Read all about it — and peruse our other Strategist 100 stories — below.