Fab Friday: Cooking In Stilettos Edition

September 10, 2010 By 1 Comment

What a week – but here are some things that cap­tured my attention…

  1. Bagley Mis­chka ‘Olaf’ Booties: Aren’t these just breath­tak­ing? I love the del­i­cacy of these with the nude shade. These would be booties that I would be too afraid to wear out – but so pretty to look at.
  2. Emile Henry: Figue Pizza Stone. Emile Henry just has that look of class, no? And this Figue color is just gor­geous. I have a pizza stone that I bought years past from a co-worker at a Pam­pered Chef party but this one just has that *it* fac­tor that just com­mands attention.
  3. Williams-Sonoma Smoked Olive Oil: Jew­els from the Rov­ing Stove recently got me hooked on unfil­tered olive oil. The taste is beyond out of this world. So, when I saw this Smoked Olive Oilon Williams-Sonoma, I have to admit I’m tempted to try. Call me a olive oil novice, but the recent olive oil lit­i­ga­tion has me seri­ously exam­in­ing what I buy and try­ing new options.
  4. Be still my heart – I need to real­lo­cate choo funds for this gor­geous French Château Kitchen Island from NapaStyle. OK, so it is chan­nel­ing one’s inner Real House­wife (back off Teresa – I saw it first! icon wink Fab Friday: Cooking In Stilettos Edition ) but still, gor­geous! Gotta hand it to NapaStyle for always find­ing items that grab one’s attention.
  5. Finally, on a Philly note, you must check out Steven Poses cook­book, At Home by Steve Poses – a Caterer’s Guide to Cook­ing & Enter­tain­ing. It is one of my “go-tos” on my cook­book shelf for enter­tain­ing. As a mat­ter of fact, my dear friend SL is fly­ing up from O-Town and already I’m book­mark­ing recipes and ideas from this to try out. Some­how, I think that SL will be swip­ing this cook­book and tak­ing it back with him when he leaves. I bet­ter buy a spare copy icon wink Fab Friday: Cooking In Stilettos Edition
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Fab Friday: Cooking In Stilettos Edition

August 27, 2010 By 2 Comments

It’s Fri­day and the week­end is almost here. Here’s a few things that have been on the brain this week:

1. Brian Atwood Drama Stilet­tos: I know, you are shak­ing your head going “Lys, you need part of that shoe fund to put towards that stu­pid Philly Busi­ness Priv­iledge aka Blog­ger License tax, what are you think­ing?!?!” but a girl can dream, no?

2. Anthro­polo­gie “Lucille” Apron: I love aprons – I don’t use them as much as I should but still – this just speaks to my inner kitchen fashionista.

3. Bauer Pot­tery Teal Bat­ter Bowl: I know I have a prob­lem with all things teal. I finally acknowl­edged that fact when I caught myself try­ing to make men­tal account­ing allo­ca­tions that would allow me to buy a teal Staub pot even though I am a diehard Le Creuset girl. How­ever, this is a bit more “wal­let friendly” and I find myself reach­ing for bat­ter bowls when mix­ing up var­i­ous good­ies in my kitchen. Easy to pour, looks great and just has that za za zue fac­tor, no?

4. Daisy Martinez’s fabu cook­book, Daisy: Morn­ing, Noon and Night: Bring­ing Your Fam­ily Together with Every­day Latin Dishes Fab Friday: Cooking In Stilettos Edition is one that I find myself ref­er­enc­ing more and more these days. The recipes are phe­nom­e­nal, the tips are on point and the pho­tos – let’s just say I flip through it and want to make almost every. sin­gle. recipe.

5. Garces Trad­ing Com­pany: Have you been here – if you are liv­ing in or even VISITING Philadel­phia, it’s a must. This spot has some fab­u­lous cof­fee, amaz­ing cre­ations and the food – well, you know my opin­ion on that, it’s the vision of my fave Iron Chef, Jose Garces!

Pic Cred­its:
1. Net A Porter
2. Anthro­polo­gie
3. Bauer Pot­tery
4. Barnes & Noble
5. Haute Liv­ing Magazine

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Cool New Product: g-Spout

March 1, 2010 By 1 Comment
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This came across my path and I’m think­ing that this is going to be a must to save my coun­ter­tops and cook­ware.  Check out the g-Spout which is a “dou­ble duty” prod­uct.  Not only does it help you pour out grease, bat­ter, etc. but also it works as a spoon rest. 

Plus, it doesn’t take up valu­able real estate in the uten­sil drawer.  I can just remove that fun­nel that never seems to fully work correctly.

From their website:

The g-Spout is a remov­able spout/strainer that eas­ily attaches to a skil­let, dou­ble boiler, bowl or can. Made of high tem­per­a­ture food grade sil­i­cone, the g-Spout is microwave and dish­washer safe.

The g-Spout was orig­i­nally devel­oped to encour­age the envi­ron­men­tally respon­si­ble dis­posal of cook­ing grease and oil, and to help elim­i­nate clogged drains and sew­ers. But, the g-Spout has become so much more! Cus­tomers are sug­gest­ing new uses almost every day! It’s great for mak­ing cup­cakes, muffins, and pan­cakes with­out drips or baked on bat­ter; driz­zling choco­late, and caramel from a dou­ble boiler; pour­ing paint back into bot­tles; strain­ing fruit salad, veg­eta­bles or rice; pour­ing sugar, salt or cof­fee; and of course, strain­ing hot bacon or ham­burger grease into dis­pos­able containers.

You can check it out HERE.

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Obsessed With: Le Creuset Cassis and Lilac Collections

January 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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One of the best invest­ments besides my knives that I have made for the kitchen has been the Le Creuset.  Le Creuset is func­tional, heats beau­ti­fully, cleans like a dream and, most impor­tantly, looks gor­geous!  Now you know I have been obsessed with all things Caribbean as Teal is my fave color, how­ever when Sur La Table debuted Le Creuset’s new Cas­sis and Lilac col­lec­tions, my jaw dropped.  The Cas­sis color is this deep rich pur­ple that reminds me of my great grandmother’s favorite chair.  The Lilac bake­ware brings a sense of spring to one’s kitchen and is a com­ple­ment to any other Le Creuset pieces you may have.

I have come to this impor­tant real­iza­tion – that my Caribbean and Red Le Creuset pieces can co-exist with the Cas­sis and Lilac col­lec­tions that need to be in my kitchen.  A bonus real­iza­tion – the braiser def­i­nitely is com­ing home with me!

Lilac Bake­ware Set – func­tional and beautiful

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Cas­sis Cast Iron Braiser – I sooo need this (more than a pair of Tory Burch Revas!)

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Check out the Cas­sis Dutch Ovens…

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And isn’t this Mini Cocotte adorable?  Mini Mac & Cheeses come to mind…

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Images cour­tesy of Sur La Table

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Colin Cowie’s New Summer Line for HSN…

May 6, 2009 By 4 Comments
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Colin Cowie debuted his Spring/Summer line for HSN today and, I have to con­fess, I spent quite a bit of time with my jaw to the floor going over the prod­ucts. Some of the prod­ucts, I had heard about in advance but my poor wal­let is scream­ing at me.   Thank­fully I was able to get cash back from Mr. Rebates but still… eeeks!  I did, how­ever, con­trol myself with a cou­ple pur­chases I’m still think­ing about.

When it comes to enter­tain­ing, I swear by his prod­ucts.  I’ve found that they are durable, beyond clas­sic and top quality.  I’ve been more than pleased with my past pur­chases and when I’ve had a great expe­ri­ence, I tend to be brand loyal.

I splurged on his Appe­tizer Plates which I felt will be a great accent to my dishes that I bought from his line previously.

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For per­fect enter­tain­ing, check out this wood and porce­lain chip and dip server

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and match­ing 3 bowl wood and porce­lain server.

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I was look­ing at this wire cloche plate cover for out­door grilling. I’m not a fan of bugs to say the least and this looks like it might help…

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Finally, check out this three part server – love love LOVE!  Not only would this be great on the coun­ter­top but also in the bathroom.

 

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Colin also has been show­cas­ing his new gourmet food line. The first to gar­ner my atten­tion: the Spice Col­lec­tion from Urban Accents and, well, you all know I’m a sucker for any­thing spice related.

 

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Cou­ple that with his Urban Accents All Nat­ural Dryglaze Spice Rub Col­lec­tion and, yes, I’m a goner. Check out that Bom­bay Blitz. Expect a more detailed review when I get them in.

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HSN has some great deals and if what you are look­ing for is sold out, rest assured, they are get­ting more in. He’s already hinted that his fall line is going to be phe­nom­e­nal so be pre­pared.  Also, the price point on all of the items is rea­son­able and even some deals (like the plates which I bought a cou­ple months ago and are now marked down to $30.  ARG!)

To quote him ear­lier today “The best invest­ment in life is to invest in fam­ily and friends.”  So very true…

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New Product: Stonewall Kitchen’s Pink Hot Chocolate…

January 28, 2009 By 2 Comments

StonewallKitchen PinkHotChocolate New Product: Stonewall Kitchens Pink Hot Chocolate...Here’s a new prod­uct alert – Stonewall Kitchen has just added PINK HOT CHOCOLATE to their fab col­lec­tion of prod­ucts. Not only do you get the frothy hot choco­late but also marsh­mal­lows and the mugs to go with. Now that’s some­thing to sur­prise your sweetie this Valen­tines day or when­ever you want to brighten your day with a bit of pink.

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