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Olive-Wood Spoons

Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:35 PM

Berard makes beautiful, strong olive wood spoons in Provence.

The Stainless Lux Juicer

Posted on January 6, 2011 at 5:56 PM

The elegant, affordable kitchen tool: stainless steel juicer by Stainless Lux

"That's It" on-line company carries the old-fashioned sort of metal ice-tray that easily releases cubes with a lever, and makes ice more quickly than plastic modern ones. A friend and I were reminiscing about these lately, so I decided to search the 'net for something like them. We had copper-coated ones when I was a child.

M-J's French Apple Tarte

Posted on May 16, 2010 at 7:13 PM

I used a tart pan with removable sides and a small metal hors d'oeuvres cutting blade for the strips of dough that decorate the open top of this tarte. See M-J's Elegant Apple Pie recipe on the Dessert page for dough and filling.~~M-J

Classic Toaster by Cuisinart

Posted on April 2, 2010 at 9:18 AM

The classic metal toaster by Cuisinart comes with two slots or four, and both models are under $100.00. A perfect example of tasteful, old-fashioned beauty combined with a high-tech operating system, the Cuisinart toaster is the best I have ever used.