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For cooking purposes, ingredients are usually measured in units of cups or fractions thereof.  Although many cooks who do a lot of baking prefer to weigh dry ingredients such as flour and sugar, measuring bowls are just as accurate and much less cumbersome and can hold more of each ingredient at a time without spillage. 

There are two types of these bowls: dry measures and liquid measures. The best dry measuring bowls are sturdy steel ones.  They can come in sets that nest neatly inside each other to save space in the kitchen.

Most begin from the 1/4 cup size, although 1/8 cup size versions can also be found.  Dry ingredients should be spooned or scooped into the measuring bowls without packing them in (except for brown sugar) and the top should be leveled off with a knife or some other straight edge.

Liquid measuring bowls come in 1-cup to 1-quart to even larger sizes.  Most also have metric markings for easy conversion of recipes.  For liquids, measuring bowls made of tempered glass are the most useful.  The glass, which can withstand the impact of boiling liquids, enables you to see exactly how much is in the bowl.

It is also preferable for liquid measuring bowls to have a lip to facilitate ease of pouring. It is obvious from just a cursory glance at any cookbook that artistry needs to be underpinned by a solid foundation of knowledge.

Ingredients must often be measured in exact amounts, assembled and prepared in an ordered sequence, and then cooked at precise temperatures for a predetermined length of time.  Measuring equipment such as these bowls therefore play an important part, enabling recipes to be perfectly balanced every time from the very start.