10 Things Binging with Babish Can't Live Without | GQ

So most people talk about their headphones. I just brought this up like a gentleman. Sorry, hey GQ. My name is Andrew Rea. I run a YouTube channel called Binging with Babish and these are my essentials. Most people come on the show and talk about their phones. your cool Bose headphones in your life spreading face cream I'm going to talk about my medications lactate everyone should have lactate I'm lactose intolerant most people keep some of this around as a surprise you know ice cream cake in the living room break boom No problem, pizza, you know, I have flonase allergies all day.

Most people don't know this about me. I'm deathly allergic to something mysterious. I went into anaphylactic shock twice, the first time was the day before my wedding and that didn't work. oh man, I don't know, I was driving across the country to the barn wedding because it was a barn wedding. I started to swell and I couldn't breathe and I looked in the mirror and I'm twice my normal size and I'm like, oh my God, I have no idea what caused it the second time. I was at a protest. He hadn't eaten or drank anything for six hours.

The same. I double IV and go to the allergist to get checked out and tested. everything I'm kind of allergic to everything but I'm not that allergic to anything so they were like it could have just been a chemical compound in the air that you inhaled now I just

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in fear all the time like that could happen just walk through the air and It kills me, so yes, I carry an epic that with me these are my antidepressants that I take from the presence. I try to talk very openly about it because I think mental health is not talked about openly enough in this country in the world at large I'm really just doing what I'm doing today and here and talking to you because I saw help when I needed it underwear Wow everyone needs underwear you should you should have you should have underwear on right now no Well, I remember the first time I got really nice underwear, especially boxer briefs that really embraced my desire and it was a game changer, I can't tell you how much nice it is to wear nice underwear.

Much nicer underwear, this is just what I've gotten used to. All I can say is that if you have $50 to spend, up your underwear game because it will change your entire perspective. I literally am. It would be crazy to talk about the essentials and not talk about some kitchen

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and this is what I proselytize the most, which is a good chef's knife, it is invaluable, it is the most useful tool you can get for the kitchen, forget about the slapping. inventions and twisted inventions that do it all for you and you use it three times and then it breaks just forget about all the gadgets, this does the job of most

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you can buy as seen on TV, you know, there's a little worn, it is the The first chef's knife I received was received as a gift from my former bosses, Diana, who remains my dear friend today, and this knife remains a dear friend today.

I still keep it sharp, relatively sharp, which we like. sheet of paper do a little test so we'll see if I keep my share of pounds oh yeah. Oh cut that, this tool forget a knife block, this tool will give you more functionality than most things in your kitchen and That's why I'm a big advocate of having a good chef's knife. This is an 8 inch listing of the classic icon and yes, this will cost you about a hundred and twenty dollars. If you want to advance from there, avoid it, don't pass it. the dishwasher which will surely dull it and could rust it which would be a big pain, they asked that you wash it carefully, wash it right away, don't let it sit in the sink all the time and sharpen it occasionally every year.

It's professionally sharpened, we've been through so much together, you can see it's because it has battle scars and some things have been seen, some roommates have been seen putting it in the dishwasher, my friend, this is a fork. to carve, but it's not just any carving fork, this is the chef's carving fork from the movie, Jon Favreau gave it to me on an episode of my show and I prepared a fish on his chef's chef's show, this is the actual fork he used to prepare the pasta on a plate. for Scarlett Johansson and then she really liked it, she was kind enough to give me this and it's one of my most prized possessions and most people will ask me when are you going to get this tanned and framed and you'll know it belongs. in my kitchen drawer and continue turning the pasta from this day watch any episode he's done recently Groff turn the pasta you'll see this fork because that's what this is for and you know it won't break keep going.

I think you might like to know that they are still making pasta watches, it's something I've gotten a lot into, as you can see I dress pretty simple when I'm on the show, it's a button up shirt and a black apron when I go out. The world is this I always wear the black Henley, my daily wear is this. It is a two tone gold stainless steel Rolex Submariner with blue bezel and dial. I wasn't expecting to buy this, but I wasn't planning on going to New York. Times Best Seller List when that happened I walked into a watch store I told them I was celebrating and they said okay we have something in the back and they took it out and I thought it was too much for me.

I put it on my wrist. It was like, oh, so I got really into watches about two years ago. I guess there's probably a chronological order here. This was the first watch. I bought that type because I felt like I should buy a Rolex. Things are going well. I should buy a Rolex. We'll buy the cheapest one I can get my hands on and the smallest one I can get my hands on because I don't like chunky watches, boy did I make that change? I bought it and it just didn't take away the itch I was hoping for. to scratch and then a friend of mine has a Submariner and I tried it on and it changed my whole life.

I won this one by accident. I discovered a website called Live Auctioneers. Don't worry. I have never bid on anything in any auction. I just want to see what it feels like, like it could be a Rolex too and I just made the second offer on this. I never thought in a million years that I would win it, but that was it and I want it and it was like, oh, I just bought this Rolex, it's from 1981, it's like the '80s, the most beautiful thing I've ever seen in my life. and I loved it and one of my favorites, this is a champagne Daytona, it's literally the flashiest thing in the world. the world I bought it in as a backroom watch dealer was great.

I carry this around like an empty bomb in dad's office with a bunch of old IMAXs wrapped in plastic and no one works there and I just needed a desk in the corner and this guy pulls out an envelope from his desk with the watches he wanted to see it was the experience cooler and weirder one of the main arcs of being a watch collector is getting that watch that's like what am I doing and that was this watch I was like oh my god what am I doing with my life? When you put this on your wrist, you feel like Tony Soprano.

It's like it's the next level. Even if I use a gold president, I don't know where I know what I'm talking about, this is my workhorse. I got this guy to celebrate finishing my book, it's just you know it's a blow, look like you know what I am, you can see it Dean, I'm trying to be tough, but now I'm going to be a redhead with it, see? I can really use it. I mainly use this on the show because it's not as flashy, it's not as loud, it's a classic watch, it's pretty much what you imagine when you close your eyes and imagine it.

Submariner and I love wearing it on display because it doesn't draw too much attention, it's just a great battle watch. I can't defend fine watches because I know there's no real reason to spend that much money on watches, but the craftsmanship and legend of Rolex is addictive. I am completely addicted. I'll probably just stick with the rolls because I love them, except for my cologne. I believe in smelling good. I don't think it costs. Many smell good. You can smell good on a very limited budget, but I wanted to try it. get like a really curated scent so I bought this when I was in Paris.

I went to Paris for the first time last year and went to this cool perfume shop and I had every intention of making one of those custom pennies, but I smelled this. and I was like this is all it is man I threw it away it's called crazy hours by Franck Franck Muller from June it smells good I like it you would like it too if you could smell it here I'm sorry here we have some Kentucky Bourbon 1796 it's very good it's sweet, smooth and complex, making it delicious to drink neat, but you wouldn't be too shy not to make a cocktail with it.

You could make a delicious old fashioned cocktail with this and I think. That's the sweet spot for bourbon, obviously I appreciate high-end bourbon, but this guy, you know, it's 50 bucks in New York, which means it's probably 35 in the rest of the world and then I've got some lovely songs here that French glass, this one was given to me by a dear friend for my birthday last year and I love retro art deco glass like this, you feel like you know it and when you drink from something like this, I'll dress you up bar get a little cool very thin we're very ornate you will feel like a damn king when you drink that's money in the bank okay and you also know glassware like this your children will inherit this it's been a long day already Basil Hayden's invents mine basil the next one I use Aidan I don't have a lot of prescription, that's my dirty little secret, like 20 40 and this one I have 20 30 on this side, it's more or less like for watching movies and driving at night, but I feel much more comfortable glasses, especially in front of the camera, I They make me feel like I'm in my little glasses house.

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r Peoples and these are my go-to bald sunglasses for when I'm not wearing a hat. And then these are my sunglasses with a hat. These are Tom Ford. and these look better when, as you can see, because they probably look a little weird right now, but they look better what I'm wearing. Do you agree? I ask you then low tech toothbrushes, these are the pinnacle of flossing technology. an advocate for flossing daily, if not twice a day. I floss at least twice a day and as such have never had a cavity. I've never had braces.

That's not the reason. This is not the reason why that happened. It's just luck, not even genetics. My brother had a headdress until he was 17 years old. I've never had a cavity. I use, you know, not only the floss and the brush for the photos, but also this, what I really want to do about it. These guys do a job. There's a wire, literally a strand of twisted wire in there with a brush coming out of it, that's what you're putting between your teeth, this removes plaque like a mother, I probably use them once or twice a week, you'll bleed, you'll cry I'll shout, you'll thank me later, those are my essentials guys, thanks so much for watching, thanks for hanging out.

I hope you try some of those things for yourself and I'll see you next time for bad wishes. 10 non-essential elements