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Message: [QUOTE="Bettina Makalintal, post: 8197"] [IMG alt="Collage of items like a cell phone, notebook, chef’s knife, and apron, with the headline What’s In My Bag? The 2005 Chef Starter Pack"]https://platform.eater.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/Eater-E20-20th-Anniversary-Online-Chef-Starter-Pack-Hero-2-1600.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0,0,100,100[/IMG] [URL='https://www.eater.com/food-culture/890551/eater-turns-20-anniversary-coverage-food-trends-2005'][IMG]https://platform.eater.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/Eater-20_-03.png[/IMG][/URL] Today, thanks to the success of [I]The Bear[/I], you can literally buy a Carmy-inspired starter pack, intended for Halloween: one’s got [URL='https://www.amazon.com/Zoooyawn-Halloween-Costume-Temporary-Accessory/dp/B0D5HKPB74/']the blue apron and signature white t-shirt[/URL], another’s got [URL='https://www.amazon.com/Honic-Halloween-Costume-Include-Tattoos/dp/B0F4XKGK64/']the apron and a sheet of temporary tattoos[/URL]. That — and a pair of [URL='https://www.birkenstock.com/us/tokio-super-grip-natural-leather/tokio-core-naturalleather-0-evarubbersupergrip-u_19.html']Birkenstock Tokio Super Grip clogs[/URL] — is all you need to be clocked as a chef today. Twenty years ago, things weren’t so different: That same blue Bragard apron already had its hold on a generation of rising chefs, though it was more iPod than iPhone. We asked chefs who were on the come-up in the early ’00s to dig back into their memories and weigh in on what one might expect to find in a tote bag slung on a knife-tattooed arm in 2005. Some brought up old vices that fueled chefs of the day — “it wasn’t as weird to go outside in the alley and smoke back then,” says Lane Regan (then of Piccolo Sogno and now of the Milkweed Inn). Others shouted out items that still feel essential today. [HR][/HR] [HEADING=3][B]Marco Pierre White’s [I]White Heat[/I][/B][/HEADING] “I was living the lifestyle that I thought all chefs led: I worked as many hours as possible, I stayed out late in Chinatown every single night, I worshipped Marco Pierre White and had a copy of [I]White Heat[/I] in my bag at all times.” [I]— Jamie Bissonnette (then: Eastern Standard; now: BCB3 Hospitality)[/I] [HEADING=2]White Heat 25[/HEADING] [IMG alt="Book featuring cover with a black-and-white photo of a man holding up a cleaver."]https://platform.eater.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/white-heat.jpg?w=300[/IMG] [HEADING=2]Where to Buy:[/HEADING] [LIST] [*][URL='https://www.amazon.com/White-Heat-25-Marco-Pierre/dp/1784720003'] [S]$45[/S] $20 at [B]Amazon[/B][/URL] [*][URL='https://bookshop.org/p/books/white-heat-25-marco-pierre-white/4c510749c06f4349?ean=9781784720001&next=t'] [S]$45[/S] $42 at [B]Bookshop[/B][/URL] [/LIST] [HR][/HR] [HEADING=3][B]Misono UX10 knife[/B][/HEADING] “We were at the beginning of Japanese knife culture.” [I]— Laurent Tourondel (then: BLT Steak; now: Laurent Tourondel Hospitality)[/I] [HEADING=2]Misono UX10 Santoku Knife[/HEADING] [IMG alt="Chef's knife with black handle.'s knife with black handle."]https://platform.eater.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/misono-knife.png?w=300[/IMG] [HEADING=2]Where to Buy:[/HEADING] [LIST] [*][URL='https://www.amazon.com/Misono-UX10-Santoku-7-0-18cm/dp/B000XSZ7SE/'] [S]$201[/S] $184 at [B]Amazon[/B][/URL] [/LIST] [HR][/HR] [HEADING=3][B]Memorabilia from the Subway Inn in NYC (a napkin, matchbook, receipt)[/B][/HEADING] “You would go there and see people who worked at Le Cirque, Aureole, the different high-end restaurants on the lower Upper East Side.” [I]— Andrew Carmellini (then: Café Boulud; now: NoHo Hospitality Group) [/I] [HEADING=2]“Subway Inn NYC”: Original Oil Painting[/HEADING] [IMG alt="Impressionist oil painting of a New York City sidewalk with the Subway Inn signage."]https://platform.eater.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/subway-inn-painting.jpg?w=300[/IMG] [HEADING=2]Where to Buy:[/HEADING] [LIST] [*][URL='https://www.etsy.com/listing/899856522/subway-inn-nyc-urban-impressionist-oil'] [S]$1200[/S] $1120 at [B]Etsy[/B][/URL] [/LIST] [HR][/HR] [HEADING=3][B]A nice spoon[/B][/HEADING] “I had a very special spoon. It held just the perfect amount of sauce, and it had the word ‘diva’ on it. I don’t think of myself as a diva, but I thought it was kind of gay. I used to bring it to events — until I almost lost it, and then I stopped. That was the one tool that I was a little bit crazy about.” [I]— Anita Lo (then: Annisa and Rickshaw Dumpling Bar) [/I] [HEADING=2]Kunz Spoon[/HEADING] [IMG alt="Silver spoon."]https://platform.eater.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/kunz-spoon.jpg?w=300[/IMG] [HEADING=2]Where to Buy:[/HEADING] [LIST] [*][URL='https://www.amazon.com/BNAZIND-Spoons-Stainless-Steel-Spoon/dp/B0BXXXNDCJ/'] [S]$20[/S] $17 at [B]Amazon[/B][/URL] [/LIST] [HR][/HR] [HEADING=3][B]Michael Ruhlman and Brian Polcyn’s [I]Charcuterie [/I][/B][/HEADING] “Everyone had it. It’s still a classic and a must-have.” [I]— AL [/I] [HEADING=2]Charcuterie: The Craft of Salting, Smoking, and Curing[/HEADING] [IMG alt="Cover of book with photo of different kinds of charcuterie."]https://platform.eater.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/charcuterie-cover.png?w=300[/IMG] [HEADING=2]Where to Buy:[/HEADING] [LIST] [*][URL='https://www.amazon.com/Charcuterie-Salting-Smoking-Revised-Updated/dp/0393240053/'] [S]$40[/S] $28 at [B]Amazon[/B][/URL] [*][URL='https://bookshop.org/p/books/charcuterie-the-craft-of-salting-smoking-and-curing-revised-and-updated-brian-polcyn/2702aad82a205d10?ean=9780393240054&next=t'] [S]$40[/S] $37 at [B]Bookshop[/B][/URL] [/LIST] [HR][/HR] [HEADING=3][B]iPod (4th or 5th generation) with wired headphones[/B][/HEADING] “That was the time of LCD Soundsystem at Webster Hall, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. That start of the Brooklyn rock era, that was pretty hot on my list.” — [I]AC[/I] [HEADING=2]Apple iPod, 4th Generation[/HEADING] [IMG alt="iPod."]https://platform.eater.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/ipod-4th-gen.jpg?w=300[/IMG] [HEADING=2]Where to Buy:[/HEADING] [LIST] [*][URL='https://www.ebay.com/itm/267389446778?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D292121%26meid%3D1a9e585c2344440cb18b32a6e107c2c2%26pid%3D101224%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D5%26sd%3D286820468890%26itm%3D267389446778%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2332490%26algv%3DDefaultOrganicWebV9BertRefreshRankerWithCassiniEmbRecall%26brand%3DApple&_trksid=p2332490.c101224.m-1'] $60 at [B]eBay[/B][/URL] [/LIST] [HR][/HR] [HEADING=3][B]Blue Bragard apron[/B][/HEADING] “They wore the blue ones in the photos of the French Laundry and I was obsessed with those guys. My chef’s jackets and aprons were clean, but nothing else about me was — I was feral.” — [I]JB[/I] [HEADING=2]Bragard Travail Bib Apron[/HEADING] [IMG alt="Long blue striped apron."]https://platform.eater.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/bragard-apron.jpg?w=300[/IMG] [HEADING=2]Where to Buy:[/HEADING] [LIST] [*][URL='https://www.bragardus.com/travail-bib-apron-br7590?_gl=1*15ab0h3*_up*MQ..*_gs*MQ..&gclid=Cj0KCQjw8p7GBhCjARIsAEhghZ2e7tiX7pRSfq0alEgEDu9oSsTy6rzJh6Dbbqm-Z1vhgv4zAQzNdVsaAu-bEALw_wcB&gbraid=0AAAAApjlkvktVoqh5_hphDI2vPVO-Ohgd'] $45 at [B]Bragard[/B][/URL] [/LIST] [HR][/HR] [HEADING=3][B]Moleskine notebook, pen, a Sharpie or two[/B][/HEADING] “Now, everything’s on Dropbox and Google Drive. Then, it was a Moleskine I could keep in my pocket.” — [I]AC[/I] [HEADING=2]Moleskine Classic Pocket Notebook[/HEADING] [IMG alt="Moleskine brand black notebook."]https://platform.eater.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/moleskine-book.jpg?w=300[/IMG] [HEADING=2]Where to Buy:[/HEADING] [LIST] [*][URL='https://www.amazon.com/Moleskine-Classic-Cover-Notebook-Pocket/dp/8883701003/'] $19 at [B]Amazon[/B][/URL] [*][URL='https://www.target.com/p/moleskine-notebook-classic-pocket-hardcover/-/A-89487848?preselect=15024384#lnk=sametab'] $22 at [B]Target[/B][/URL] [/LIST] [HR][/HR] [HEADING=3][B]Nokia 1100 brick phone [/B][/HEADING] “I believe that was the era when I was learning how to text.” — [I]AL[/I] [HEADING=2]Nokia 1100 Phone[/HEADING] [IMG alt="Rectangular cell phone with small digital screen reading Nokia."]https://platform.eater.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/nokia-phone1100.jpg?w=300[/IMG] [HEADING=2]Where to Buy:[/HEADING] [LIST] [*][URL='https://www.ebay.com/itm/167395306468?_skw=nokia+1100&itmmeta=01K57C01KYADZ6ZZN2FG663RHF&hash=item26f989abe4:g:kOcAAOSwLH5n3v40&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA4FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1c6DrLOH6qimfTqcTX7K6UoN6oAjXe2ffiaR8W5sGDtm%2BZ%2BOUH4f0KQ6WwqZ%2BRg9wwCi0PzVUeLKhwHtXwoBNyuU%2B2wQk689ZbXMIY4WP2E1iFFg4HiUcyZ9DWPbURFOUv801pfru8Dbd8hkaWEUV8Xptp7VSkfdzdWIJC54mG1XTFgdyeIYQEtaeeBzQWEHOcYAZBjmTaVvRi2TDRp%2BRWJrr5570lUeHc1gAvq5Oh%2BimlRGD3OmZOynj0O43UbUTVbWSLu%2FENKd2yuAQeuZ9BS%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR5KagOypZg'] $30 at [B]eBay[/B][/URL] [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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