What did you get (foodie related)??

Big winner was the Silver Spoon for me.

Two calphalon santoku knives, gold-sealed balsamico, a calphalon nonstick dutch oven

All-Clad 12-qt. Multi-Pot and Zuni Cafe Cookbook. Yeah!

Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink.

I received a turkey fryer, a Northern Industrial meat grinder/sausage stuffer machine , a new chimney for my Weber grill, 3 food-related ornaments, a DVD of Ratatouille and the following books:

The River Cottage Meat Book - Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (thanks, eatchicago, for the tip)
The Devil in the Kitchen - Marco Pierre White
Southern Belly - John T. Edge
Kitchen Mysteries - Herve This
The Saucier's Apprentice - Raymond Sokolov
Beyond Nose To Tail - Fergus Henderson
Tangy Tart Hot & Sweet - Padma Lakshmi
Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink - David Remnick, editor

Merry Christmas, everyone!

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A Smith and Wollensky Gift Certificate for two!!

Santa brought me a Thermapen, Magnum pepper mill and an interview with
Gary Wiviott in the Sun Times. (Sorry, I can't find it on line for a link)

I got:

- A $130 gift certificate to the Wooden Spoon
- "The Complete Technique" by Jacques Pepín
- "The Complete Pepín" DVD
- "My Last Supper" by Melanie Dunea
- A multi-tier rack for the oven

The Reach of a Chef and The Elements of Cooking by Michael Ruhlman
No Reservations (book) by Anthony Bourdain

I think that is all I got for food related stuff, I got married earlier this year and my kitchen is well stocked.

I got American Masala by Suvir Saran. Made a new recipe from it last night - chicken thighs that are marinated and cooked in a sauce of lemon zest, balsamic, sugar, black peppercorns, butter, and salt. I have to say it was one of the most interesting and delicious chicken thigh recipes I have ever made, and we cook chicken a lot. I plan on sampling more recipes this week... I love getting a new cookbook!

A 10 in omelet pan

Pitcher that I've been wanting for about 2 years

New ice cream maker (made 3 kinds of ice cream for Christmas Eve so I have great need for this)

Pastis glasses (so I can pretend I'm in Paris)

Stainless steel sugar and creamer on a tray that I admired in a restaurant (my husband remembers everything I admire even though I forget)

Desserts by Yard

The bride bought me a set of Forschner Fibrox knives from Northwestern Cutlery, and , we applied several Williams-Sonoma gift cards to the purchase of 12 pieces of All-Clad Stainless.

We can now retire the 25 year old Revereware.

SO EXCITED!!

Just got a shit ton of cast iron cookware. That is all.

All i need to get is a dutch oven and i seriously think i've converted everything over to cast iron. I felt bad demoting my other pans to the kitchen storage while the new cast iron stuff hung from the pot hanger, but sometimes to you have to better yourself. I've gone through so much with that crap Target pots and pans set though

upwards and onwards!

Sorry, Santa diverted your dutch oven to me - the 'spouse picked me out a really gorgeous Chantal Talavera enamel cast iron one, which I promptly put to use making beef stock from the Christmas dinner bones.

I also got a 3-pc set of Berndes Tricion (Aluminum core stainless) saucepans, and promptly put my old, stained, crappy ones in the recycling.

djenks wrote:SO EXCITED!!
...while the new cast iron stuff hung from the pot hanger

I hope you have that pot hanger solidly anchored.

johnny wrote:

djenks wrote:SO EXCITED!!
...while the new cast iron stuff hung from the pot hanger

I hope you have that pot hanger solidly anchored.

common, what kind of operation do you think i'm running in my kitchen? I cleaned up the mess this morning

....seriously, i made sure it was good to go. i think....

Chuanukah Charlie was generous this year, despite the fact I more belong on the naughty list than nice. A few highlights, The Whole Hog by Lyall Watson, a cool hands free kitchen soap dispenser and a half kilo of pure Bolivian.

Bolivian Rose Chunk (Salt)

Our dearest pals in Chicago sent us a lovely tin of homemade chocolate truffles. Unfortunately, the poor things encountered some heat along the way, combined with the adverse effects of gravity and rough handling, and by the time they reached us it was difficult to tell just what they'd started out their lives as. The note I sent to my friends said, "Thanks for the unique Christmas gift. Of all the cowpies we received this year, yours came in the prettiest can!"

jpeac2 wrote:Big winner was the Silver Spoon for me.

I scored The Silver Spoon, as well. It's beautiful!

Also got Bourdain's Nasty Bits and a new Peugot pepper mill.

Food Related: Grinder/sausage stuffer combo for my Kitchen Aid

Not so food related: GPS device (which already has all of the GNR's programmed as destinations)

Really not so food related: A new car to get to the GNR's using the GPS device

Flip

Flip wrote:Really not so food related: A new car to get to the GNR's using the GPS device

Congrats! And please let us know when you get that first food stain on the interior

I too received a GPS system. What a great idea to program in all the GNRs. Now, I have a project for this evening.

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Juiceman, Jr.

Mcllhenny's Gold-Jeffery Rothfeder

Revolutionary Chinese Cookbook-Dunlop

Cradle of Flavor-James Oseland

How to Be a Better Foodie-Sudi Pigott (given by a chef friend who hates the f-word as much as I...she offers that this book is actually pretty neato)

Zojirushi Mr. Bento Stainless Steel!

countertop apple corer/peeler

super chopper master pro thingamajig (but wait! there's more!)

various kitchen stocking doodads including shellfish picks and an alien probe remover/pickle jar-getter-outer

also, does a raspberry lemon tea candle count?

"The Elements of Cooking" by Michael Ruhlman
"My Last Supper" by Melanie Dunea (worth it for the photo of Anthony Bourdain alone. Yowza.)
A bunch of spices from Penzeys

geli wrote:"My Last Supper" by Melanie Dunea (worth it for the photo of Anthony Bourdain alone. Yowza.)

LMAO! After perusing the pics, my wife took my copy and I haven't seen it since.

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After seeing these drool worthy pictures on the Cream Puffs in Venice blog, I added Carole Walter’s Great Coffee Cakes, Sticky Buns, Muffins & More to my wishlist. My parents gave this to me for Christmas, and I am looking forward to the challenge of making these gorgeous baked goods since I have rarely worked with yeast.

I also received a Barefoot Contessa kit consisting of chocolate cake mix with raspberry sauce and a spatula.

- Kitchen shears
- A lovely heavy medium-sized soup pot, perfect for one
- A 5-piece measuring prep bowl set
- A bottle of Blue Crab Bay Co's Snug Harbor spicy bloody mary mix
- Contributions to the culinary school fund

And, get ready for it....

A 2 lb. Smoked Peppered Country Cured Pork Jowl! Whoo! I think I might try making crack muffins...

A Forschner Fibrox cleaver and bread knife (I already have the paring and chef's knife); a spice carousel, a Lettuce Entertain You gift card and the Greektown Chicago cookbook.

I assume the spices that come included with the spice racks aren't very good, right? I thought the one I requested didn't come with spices, but it did. I don't want to waste them, but I don't want super-crappy spices, either.

I'll have Christmas 2.0 with extended family when I get back from K.C., so maybe I'll have more to report then.

I also received a Lettuce Entertain You gift card as well. In addition to the Jane's Mixed Up Pepper in my stocking, I received a Berghoff cookbook. I actually got TWO Berghoff cookbooks, one from my husband and one from my best friend. I think they figured that since I attempted my first sauerbraten earlier in the fall, I needed a creamed spinach recipe for the next time?

The day after Christmas, I gifted myself with a 6 pack of the Brown Shugga beer I've been lusting over since reading about it here.

My Last Supper: 50 Great Chefs and their Final Meals, a beautiful coffee table book that inspired me to play the same game.

I got a Bose Sounddock for my IPOD. While it doesn't really seem food related I've planted it in my kitchen and enjoyed listening to my play lists while cooking.