I'm with Patsy on the knives,

I too, have been known to take my knives with me to cook in other people's kitchen. There's nothing like cooking with a good sharp knife. I also love my mortar and pestle, it's a huge green one, just like Jamie uses on the Naked Chef, but at the moment I am enamoured with the spice drawers DH just installed for me. They are two drawers fitted with spice racks from the organizational store, Storables. You just pull out the drawer and all your spices are there at your fingertips. DH had some small bottles with screw on lids and I made the labels on my computer. No more hunting through my pantry for that elusive bag of cardamon seeds!