Alton Brown's Gear for Your Kitchen

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1. danesparzaAug 2015
   ==For electronics:

   The Art of Electronics 3rd Edition (interview with the one of the authors, if you're unconvinced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCI3B5eT9NA )

   ==For finances:

   The Millionaire Next Door (filled with a lot of interesting facts and habits from extensive research)

   ==For food/cooking:

   Alton Brown's Gear for Your Kitchen

   BakeWise: The Hows and Whys of Successful Baking

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2. silentbicycleApr 2009
   Like many hobbies, you can make it really expensive, but you really don't need to. A few pots, a good-sized cast-iron skillet for less than $20, a decent knife (I like Chinese vegetable cleavers), a paring knife, a few wooden spoons, a cutting board or two. That's enough to start out, and (as with programming), starting small can give you a better idea what you actually need.

   Alton Brown's _Gear for Your Kitchen_ (http://www.amazon.com/Alton-Browns-Gear-Your-Kitchen/dp/1584...) is a pretty good equipment overview.

   Also, The Wok Shop (http://www.wokshop.com) has a lot of good equipment for very reasonable prices.

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