Host a fun housewarming party in your new home for your friends and family with delicious food and drinks. Cooking on a large scale when entertaining can be fun and easy with the right kind of kitchen wares. Survey your kitchen and draw a rough layout to plan how you'd like to use the available space to store kitchen wares in cabinets, drawers and shelves. Decide on a theme and color palette that will make your kitchen look visually appealing. Here are some basic tips on the kitchen essentials you need for daily cooking as well as for hosting fun social gatherings.

Cookware
Experiment with different recipes, cuisines and multiple cooking techniques using different cookware. Opt for good-quality pans, pots, Dutch ovens and casseroles that are long-lasting. Cast-iron utensils are great for slow cooking, while stainless steel utensils are versatile enough to be used for most kinds of cooking.

Cooking Utensils
These are kitchen staples that you can use in daily preparation, cooking and dining. Keep them handy in easily accessible drawers. Spoons come in many shapes and sizes for different purposes. A slotted spoon drains off excess liquid while lifting out food from fryers. Use large spoons to stir gravies, batters and mixtures. A spatula can help you saute or flip food on a pan. Strain pasta or wash fruits and vegetables in a handy colander.

Glassware
Serve chilled cocktails in vibrantly colored glassware to add a fun color pop to your parties. Host cozy family gatherings and enjoy sipping on good wine in stylish wineglasses. For an impromptu social meet, it's easy to serve fruit punch, juices, tea and coffee with versatile glasses and tumblers.

Bakeware
Treat your loved ones to freshly baked goodies like a batch of chocolate chip cookies or walnut brownies. Choose from a wide range of sheets, tins, molds and trays to make baking easy and fun. Mixing bowls can be used to serve mouthwatering desserts. They also double as storage bowls for fruits.

Miscellaneous Kitchen Items
A mortar and pestle powders and crushes ingredients so it's handy to make delicious guacamole, salsa, and pesto. The simple grinding action gives you control over the consistency. Cook more flavorsome curries with freshly ground spice mixes using a mortar and pestle. Use a mortar and pestle to crush herbs so you can use them as seasoning.

Organize ingredients with a hanging spice rack that saves countertop space. A cutting board is another kitchen essential to help you cut, prepare and even serve food.
Put together a stylish and functional range of kitchen wares so you can enjoy the experience of cooking.

Authors Profile: Ronny Raula is a certified interior designer and runs his own interior decoration consultancy. Ronny especially loves decorating a home in wooden furniture and believes that nothing gives a home as warm and cozy a touch as all-wood furniture and decor. Ronny loves reading up on new design ideas, and has a special interest in space saving techniques. Here Ronny writes about Kitchen Wares and Mortar and Pestle.