2 Intro

8 Letters from F

12 The Utensil Chronicles
Workshop tours by four key materials? Wood, iron, stainless steel, and silicone

14 Wood - Kuramoto

26 Iron - Netherton Foundry

38 Iron - Blenheim Forge

50 Stainless Steel -Yoshita Handi-Design Studio

62 Silicon - Joseph Joseph

81 Academic Manual
Cookware 101: history and products by brand

100 F Cut
Symbolic items representing the evolution of cookware

112 Interview

112 Paul Chung
Culinary director at Saison Hospitality Group gets inspired by his roots to make new dishes

120 Collectors

132 Interview

132 Charlotte Wright
Senior buyer at The Conran Shop curates stylish kitchenware

138 Retail
Cookware shops offering useful tools

148 References
Books recommended by cookware producers, designers, and buyers

150 Outro

155 Index

An essential part of any kitchen, cooking tools work with elements like fire, water, and time to handle and manipulate ingredients.
As interest in food and cooking grows, cooking tools evolve to suit diversifying food cultures and draw up a roadmap of culinary history.
Even basic tools such as knives, pots, frying pans, and measuring gadgets have become increasingly subdivided by specific use or grouped together in function families.
And traditional items made of wood, stone, and cast iron are back in full force as they satisfy both aesthetic and functional needs.
Cooking tools are, in a sense, a barometer of the kitchen?the place where we can track changes across food cultures, interior design, technology, and lifestyles..