Kitchen equipment, food products and related items, or objects of desire (yes, they do exist) that catch my eye, or that I've used and loved.

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KitchenAid Artisan (or Kenwood Major?)

Posted by on Monday, November 9, 2009, In : tools 



Mine, mine, mine, mine, MINE !  At last. *sigh* I finally got one for my birthday about 2 weeks ago, in the exact colour you see above, a deliciously retro shade of creamy duck egg blue, that KitchenAid calls "Ice".

I've been silently lusting after one eversince I saw it on Monica Geller's turquoise  counter top, over a decade ago. Before that I'd been using either a Philips hand held mixer or a Kenwood Major, both purchased in the early to mid 80s. Eventually I stopped using both as the Maj...


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Kitchenaria 6 Slice Chrome Toast Rack

Posted by Kmk /dd on Sunday, July 5, 2009, In : Tableware 



The manufacturer of this six-slice, chrome toast rack describes it as "modern" and "funky" but when I saw it, I immediately thought retro and 50s. I love kitchen appliances and accesories from that era and have a toaster that was one of my mother's wedding gifts. It doesn't work anymore and is beyond repair, but I love the lines and look of it so much, I can't bring myself to throw it away; there's even a full page picture of that toaster in my cookbook, which is littered with pictures of my ...


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