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No two pantries are alike. Each is as individual as the cook. Here is a list of basic items that should be on hand in every pantry, rounded out by ingredients essential to the cooks own style of cooking.
The Spice Rack
- Allspice - ground and whole berries
- Anise Seed
- Basil
- Bay Leaves
- Caraway Seeds
- Cardamom
- Celery Seeds
- Chervil
- Chili Powder
- Chili Peppers - dried whole
- Cinnamon - ground and sticks
- Cloves - ground and whole
- Cumin - seeds & ground
- Curry Powder
- Dill
- Fennel Seeds
- Ginger - ground, crystallized and fresh
- Juniper Berries
- Mace
- Marjoram
- Mint
- Mustard Seeds - ground mustard powder
- Nutmeg - ground and whole
- Oregano
- Paprika - sweet and hot
- Pepper - cayenne, dried red flakes, hot sauce, ground white pepper
- Peppercorns
- Pickling spices
- Poppy Seeds
- Rosemary
- Saffron threads
- Sage
- Salt - table, coarse, kosher, sea salt
- Savory
- Sesame Seeds
- Tarragon
- Thyme
- Turmeric
- Vanilla
On the Shelves
- Anchovies
- Artichoke hearts
- Baking Powder
- Baking Soda
- Beans - canned - red kdney, cannellini, chickpeas
- Beans - dried - red kidney, great northern, black, pinto, lentils, split peas, black-eyed peas
- Bouillon cubes or powder - beef, chicken and vegetable
- Bread Crumbs
- Broth - Chicken and beef
- Capers
- Chocolate - unsweetened, semi-sweet chips, bittersweet
- Clam Juice
- Cocoa - unsweetened
- Coconut - shredded unsweetened, shredded sweetened
- Coffee - beans and instant
- Cornstarch
- Cornmeal or polenta
- Crackers - assorted
- Cream of tartar
- Dessert sauces
- Dried Fruits - raisins, currants, apricots, dried cranberries
- Extracts - vanilla, almond, lemon
- Flours - unbleached all-purpose, cake, whole wheat
- Gelatin - unflavored
- Honey
- Horseradish
- Hot Sauce
- Ketchup
- Liqueurs - cognac or brandy, Grand Marnier, port
- Milk - sweetened condensed, evaporated
- Mushrooms - dried, shiitake, porcini, morels
- Mustard - Dijon, whole grain
- Nuts - almonds - whole (blanched) and slized, hazelnuts, peanuts, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios, walnuts
- Oils - extra virgin olive oils, vegetable, peanut, walnut, sesame, chili oil
- Olives - assorted
- Pasta - spaghetti, capellini, fettuccine, rigatoni, penne, cous-cous
- Peanut butter
- Pesto
- Prepared Sauces and marinades
- Preserves, james and red currant jelly for glazes and sauces
- Rice - arborio, long-grain converted, jasmine, basmati, wild
- Soy sauce
- Sugars - granulated, superfine, confectioners, dark and light brown
- Sun-dried tomatoes in oil
- Syrups - light and dark corn, molasses
- Teriyaki Sauce
- Tomatoes canned - whole plum, tomato paste, tomato puree
- Tuna - oil and water packed
- Vinegars - balsamic, white and red wine, cider, rice, sherry
- Wines - dry sherry, madeira, marsala, dry red, dry white
- Worcestershire Sauce
- Yeast - active dry
Perishables
- Butter
- Cheese
- Cream
- Eggs
- Fresh Herbs
- Garlic
- Lemon
- Milk
- Onion
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