October 17, 2013
Minnie Pants
I have tried. I really have. I have wanted to stick with kitchen goods on this page. I certainly have enough "Favorite Things" to write about something new every day for a year. But these...
September 9, 2013
Ye Olde Cooks Illustrated
Chrisopher Kimball wakes up every morning in red plaid flannel PJs, drinks a cup of steaming coffee in a blue enamel coffee mug and walks outside in his lined moccasin slippers to tap his maple tree for syrup before wandering back in and warming his...
September 9, 2013
Art of French Baking
When my husband and I got married we created two "off limit" areas. I promised to never complain about his purchases of ski gear and he promised to never complain about my purchases of kitchen gear. He thought he had won by a longshot until...
September 9, 2013
Breville Juicer
Do you know what Whole Foods charges for a bottle of unpasteurized juice? $11.99. That’s ELEVEN DOLLARS AND NINETY NINE CENTS my friends! Now, I’m not begrudging them the need to make money so the store can pay the electricity bill, or the juice making...
September 9, 2013
Wusthof Classic Knives
Purchasing knives can cause a ton of confusion. Just what makes some knives more expensive than others? Why are some hundreds of dollars and some only a tenner? There are a ton of things that go into that discussion: tang, spine, degree of blade, the...
August 30, 2013
Corksicle
This is one of those things that could go either way. Is it clutter? It is an unnecessary tchotchke? (I lived in NYC long enough to be able to use that word). I've thought long and hard about it and I don't think so. I think The...
August 30, 2013
Silpat Sheets
Lots of exciting stuff was happening in France in the mid 1960's and while the country would probably like to be most well remembered for the politics of grandeur --Charles de Gaulle's reformation of the French economy, creation of an independent foreign policy and strong...
August 30, 2013
Smitten Kitchen
I've been a Smitten Kitchener since before Julie and Julia, before Joy, before cake pops were a thing (and gone again) and before cocktails became super duper trendy again (I loooove that one!). Deb Perelman has a very basic website with a whole host of...
August 13, 2013
The Skimm
Called an "email cheat sheet" by The NY Post and a "Secret Weapon" by one of its two founders, The Skimm is everything you need to know for the day in one bite-sized chunk. Danielle Weisberg and Carly Zakin, two gorgeous 20-something New Yorkers...
August 12, 2013
BlendTec Blender
I get it. This is a LOT of money to spend on a blender. I mean, how good can it really be? Here's how good: You can drop a whole avocado seed in there and it turns it to mush. A cup of cheese and...