The Tools

The most important:


Blender - Invest in a hand-held blender, preferably with chopping device and you won't need a regular blender 
Can opener
Casseroles
Cheese cloth
Chef's knife +20 cm
Chopping boards - wooden to protect your knives
Coffee/spice grinder
Colander/strainer
Frying pan/skillet
Garlic press
Grater
Kettle
Mandoline slicer
Measuring cups and spoons
Mortar
Muffin tin
Pastry brush
Potato/vegetable peeler
Rolling pin - or use a clean wine bottle or your hands
Sauce pan
Sauce pots of different sizes
Scale
Scrapers of different sizes
Sieve
Skimmer spoon
Slottet spoon
Spatula
Sturdy scissors/ kitchen shears
Sushi mat
Tongs
Turners - slottet and/or solid
Tweezers
Vegetable Knife +18 cm
Vegetable knife - small
Whisk
Wooden cooking spoons


Nice to have:

Candy thermometer
Food processor
Lemon squeezer - or jab a fork in the middle when squeezing the lemon
Juicer
Oven thermometer
Pasta machine - or roll it out yourself
Pastry bags and nozzles
Potato masher
Sauté pan
Springform pan
Sprouting trays or bag - or use a glass jar
Steel for sharpening knives
Timer - or use your mobile/alarm clock
Wok
Zester


Luxury gadgets:

Blowtorch
Dehydrator
Römertopf - for slow cooking and baking bread
Stand mixer

Google for definitions or look up wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_food_preparation_utensils