Guides

Guides from the kitchen

Short, practical write-ups on the unglamorous parts of home cooking: what to own, what to buy, and how to plan a week without wasting half of it.

• Kitchen guide

  Kitchen essentials checklist

  The short list of knives, pans and staples worth owning, and how to remember what you already have.

• Meal planning guide

  Budget meal planning with the pantry you already have

  Plan a week of dinners from your own shelves, then shop only the gaps.

• Printing guide

  How to print your cookbook as a real book

  Turn the print-ready cookbook PDF into a physical book: trim size, bleed, who prints it and what it costs.