Collection of stainless steel tasting spoons

"Taste, taste, taste!" Patricia Wells exclaims. "Use one at a time — don't double dip. If you have lots of spoons, you will use them to taste." In her Paris apartment kitchen, she keeps hers on the counter in a small pot beside the stove, always within reach. This is a generous collection of tasting spoons from Patricia and Walter's Paris kitchen — the kind of working tool that reveals how a serious cook actually cooks. The spoons are stainless steel, teaspoon size. The logic behind having so many is entirely practical: one spoon per taste, set aside, never returned to the pot. It is a discipline that keeps flavors honest and kitchens hygienic, and it is the kind of detail Patricia has always paid attention to. Stand them in a ceramic pot or a tall glass beside the stove, and they become both a useful tool and an honest signal of how seriously you take your cooking.