[kim shook]

Looks like it was a Keller/Symons Christmas for almost all of us !

I got some wonderful food-oriented Christmas gifts this year:

I am very excited about this! I cannot wait to try it.


That’s the Southern Living 2009 annual, the SL 2009 Christmas book, Gale Gand’s Brunch, Ad Hoc and The Pioneer Woman Cooks (this is by a wonderful blogger that I’ve been reading over the last couple of years and really enjoyed – both the food and the writing) and I also got the Michael Symons book which is already upstairs beside the bed in my ‘to read’ pile. The stuff below are various, self explanatory gadgets – on of the peelers is the kind that shreds/juliennes and I’m very excited about the giant tweezers!


I’m very excited about these gifts from Jessica. The Good Housekeeper’s Cookbook was published in 1908, the BH&G in 1951, the Good Time Cookbook in 1973 and the Jello one in 1977 (the year I graduated from high school). A truly amazing gift. The first two have notes in the margins, recipes and articles torn out from newspapers and magazines and the oldest one even has a couple of pages from a German-English bible in between some pages. I love this – my imagination just wanders!


Some of those crisscross racks (I really wanted these) and something that is intriguing – a rack made so that you can stack casseroles in the oven – I will either never use it or find it invaluable!


And a set of the cutest dessert plates that I’ve ever seen !

[Marlene]

Nice gifts, Kim! And you are going to love the Cuisinart. I use mine all the time.

[kim shook]

Marlene, on 10 January 2010 - 08:15 AM, said:

Nice gifts, Kim! And you are going to love the Cuisinart. I use mine all the time.

Thank you, Marlene! I may be asking for some pointers. I'll probably cook a chicken first, but I really want to try other things, too.

[Madge]

Marlene and Kim...I hovered over this at the kitchen store at Christmas but didn't know if I could justify the space it would take up to roast a chicken. Now you have me interested. What else do you use it for? However, with my new kitchen at the cottage there might just be a spot for it

[Marlene]

Madge, I use it mostly for chicken, but you could do small boneless roast pork or beef. It comes with a basket as well so you could also do shish kebobs!

[Dana]

I've been meaning to try salmon in mine, but haven't done it yet. Add that to the list of things
I can't seem to get to....

Kim - My daughter has the Pioneer Woman book - some delicious looking things in there. While we were at her house last week, she made the Artichoke Dip and it was awesome. Very artichoke-y. no spinach or other
stuff to get in the way.