What is/are your go to tool(s)?

[buckytom]

If you can only have one skillet/ fry pan, get the biggest one you can buy. 12 inches or more. I use my 14" skillet more than anything.

Unless you like to do tediously small batches, batch after batch, go big.

To explain, the problem most people have with many dishes is overcrowding the pan so things don't brown properly, but rather steam in their own liquids.

A big pan allows for 4 quadrants of properly usable cooking area.

 

[CakePoet]

I have small kitchen, I make sure that everything can be stacked, even the pots and pans.

 

[Addie]

Definitely my knives. Measuring cups and spoons, sauté pans with covers along with 2/3 quart sauce pans. A utensil holder with wooden spoons, spatulas, etc. Sits right next to the stove. And lastly, me too. My bench scraper. At least once a day, I remove everything from my large counter top for a thorough cleaning. I scrape the counter top of all those single grains of sugar, salt that love to stick, and any other little bit that might escape the scrubby.