LUCY BURDETTE: Most of the gifts I'm both asking for and giving this year are books, of course! But tis also the season for companies to trot out their most expensive gift ideas. I am on a number of foodie email lists, including one sent out by Ruth Reichl, former New York Times food critic and editor of Gourmet Magazine, and another by Dorie Greenspan, of cookbook fame. They’ve both recommended products that I drooled over until I saw the price.
This frying pan looks amazing, and hand-made in the USA, but for $260? Maybe if I gotten it as a new bride I could’ve gotten my money's worth out of it.
And I adore these baking pans, especially the small square one with the gray polkadots. But at $269 for the set, my old Pyrex pans do the job just fine for now. (What I am doing is writing these into the next book. Julia gave me the idea of the Scone Sisters having their own brand of bakeware, and I am running with it!)
But here’s the gift outrageous that I truly crave. This company will make either a giant stuffed animal or a golf club cover in the replica of a beloved pet ($299 full price for the animal.) I am dying to have one made of Tonka. A big one, with those pale blue eyes.
But here’s the gift outrageous that I truly crave. This company will make either a giant stuffed animal or a golf club cover in the replica of a beloved pet ($299 full price for the animal.) I am dying to have one made of Tonka. A big one, with those pale blue eyes.
But I know what would happen: Lottie would think it was her new toy and drag it all around the house. And the whole time she'd be muttering: "This will serve that pretty boy right!"
Ok, your turn Reds, anything outrageous on your radar screen?
