Archive for 'obsession'
OBSESSION: THE PRESS POT THAT STAYS HOT
My husband drinks coffee, and I prefer green tea. I’m not taking any moral or health-related high road here; I simply lost my craving for coffee* a few years back after a nasty bout with the flu, and it never returned. That said, if I find myself in a place with wonderful coffee (Seattle! Miami! […]
Posted: April 28th, 2011 under food, kitchen equipment, obsession, people + places, Union Square Greenmarket.
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OBSESSION: THE POT THAT LIVES ON OUR STOVE
This small, stocky Le Creuset saucepan—complete with a lid that doubles as a skillet—should be in the design collection at the Museum of Modern Art. Not only does it perfectly balance utility and beauty, it fulfills what Paola Antonelli, senior curator, department of architecture and design at MoMA, calls her litmus test: If the object […]
Posted: March 3rd, 2011 under cooking, kitchen equipment, kitchen sync, objects of desire, obsession, recipes.
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OBSESSION: SCRIMSHAW PLATES
I’m not an impulse shopper. But these fabulous melamine plates ($35 for a set of four) at the smartly curated Mxyplyzyk, in the West Village, were impossible to resist. I had to have them. And I’ll probably have to go back tomorrow for the oval platter ($28) enlivened by a very fetching whale. What sold me […]
Posted: February 16th, 2011 under cooking, favorite books, food, obsession, people + places.
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