Gourmet Kitchen on a Shoestring
The ever-wonderful Wisebread has a guide to putting together the kitchen of your dreams on a tight budget. They hit on, among other things, buying bulk spices and growing your own herbs in pots, two things that will not only save money (as they mention), but give you better quality, fresher ingredients as well.
They recommend Ikea as a good source for good-quality pots & pans and utensils on a budget, which can be true, but they’re forgetting the best place of all: your friendly neighborhood kitchen supply shop.