To be able to deduct travel expenses, you have to be away from your tax home temporarily, which normally means for a year or less. Also, travel expenses are currently only deductible if you are self-employed, in other words your income is not reported on a W-2 form.
You may be in trouble if you travel all the time, even if they are for different assignments. Again, the travel is only deductible if you are away temporarily.
As far as the pots and pans are concerned, they could be deductible if a necessary part of your stay. If you were to get audited you'd have to convince the auditor that they were necessary.
The food would be deductible, but only at 50% as that is all that is allowed for meals. The same applies to meals at restaurants.
The travel back and forth would be deductible.
You can learn more about travel expenses by using this link:
https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc511
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