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broadway panhandler: the best place for kitchen stuff
i really don’t like take out. and i just cannot eat noodles, butter and cheese every night — well i could, but some in the family would throw a fit. and so to solve that problem of what to eat at home i cook. and usually, i like cooking especially when the food turns out decently and it is even more pleasant if i have hours and hours to cook. granted, that is rarely my life. fortunately, j does much of the shopping and cleaning so that is a help. there are those days when i do really wish he could cook but somehow that is not hardwired into his brain. and don’t get me wrong. this still doesn’t mean i cook all that often — in the best of times this is usually three maybe four times a week, but at least it’s something.
i am not the best cook. i would say i can follow a recipe fairly well, especially if it is very clear. as a result, i stick to people like smitten kitchen which i love for nearly everything, mark bittman for the basics, david waltuck’s staff meals for good family dinners and my favorite pancakes, sara jenkins for something a little new (love her lamb and yogurt dish) and then dorie greenspan for all things baking. oh and how could i forget maybe my favorite, who never ever fails me, the barefoot contessa. when i actually think i have a lot of time, i might tread lightly into slightly more difficult territory like suzanne goin for her delicious lucques recipes and judy rogers for the most tasty but often seem way too complicated courses. as i am a follow the directions kind of girl, i do have a hard time figuring out what to do when i don’t have exactly the right pan, or baking dish or whatever. improvisation is a challenge and so i am always in need of new kitchen equipment.
my go-to place for any item needed in the kitchen is broadway panhandler. i can always feel assured that i am getting the best price, and that they will have nearly whatever i want. and even more importantly, the staff will know what i am asking about. last weekend, for example, i was going to try to make little tarts for the very first time, and the recipe called for flan rings. so i went to our local cookshop, and got directed to regular tart tins and not the so called “flan rings” whatever they are. the tarts ended up a success even though i didn’t follow the recipe exactly, but i had a quick moment at home after i had spent nearly $40 on these things that all would not be well. a lazy recommendation would not happen at broadway panhandler.
broadway panhandler basically has everything you would need ever. they have the full range of pots and pans with lots of le creuset and all-clad, plenty of knives, zillions of random tools, fancy equipment and the basics, baking containers, cleaning and even some vintage cookware which is pretty cute. as an added bonus, broadway panhandler often has really good sales. earlier this summer, they had a four day markdown fest cutting prices by more than half on le crueset and all-clad pans. this is not a trendy store but just a good workhorse, and well worth the trek even if you have to take a taxi home to haul all the loot. broadway panhandler, 65 east 8th street between broadway and university place, manhattan, new york, .
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