NYTimes.com: The Latest Must-Haves for the Pantry
What to stop buying and what to replace those things with. A nice list.
The New York Times: Mark Bittman: A No-Frills Kitchen Still Cooks
"The point is not so much that you can equip a real kitchen without much money, but that the fear of buying the wrong kind of equipment is unfounded. It needs only to be functional, not prestigious, lavish or expensive."