you have an empty kitchen and $250.

[topaz]

You have an empty kitchen and $250.  What cookware set do you get and why?

As reported in keyne's LJ, most of our cookware has still not turned up after a couple of weeks of unpacking.  There are still some boxes where some of it might be hidden, but their numbers are dwindling.  A cast-iron skillet and Dutch oven are versatile things but we are getting to the point where we are ready to buy a new cookware set.

Whatever we get needs to be easy to store, as our new kitchen is a lot shorter on storage space than the last one.  So options which stack well will get bonus points.

But forget all of htat.  You have an empty kitchen and $250.  What do you buy to cook with?

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[awfief.livejournal.com]

We got a pot-rack:

http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/regProduct.asp?order_num=-1&WRN=-1019192559&sku=11221734

And it's been invaluable. We've hung our pots and pans there for 2 years, freeing up vastly more space in our tiny kitchen. Everything is hung there except our 2 stockpots and our 2 cast-iron skillets, and the lids (which don't necessarily stack, but are easy to put in a small space). see the pic in action at the listing here:

http://boston.craigslist.org/bmw/fee/1184261943.html

(we're moving to a bigger place...with a bigger kitchen!!)

We have this set and LOVE it and use all the pieces:

http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/regProduct.asp?order_num=-1&WRN=-1019192559&sku=13015414

That's more than you wanted to spend, though when we got it it was on sale for $300, not $400.

I'd say 2 2-quart saucepans and 2 10" omelet pans should hold you over nicely. But then again i don't know how elaborate you are at cooking with your family....