tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post2088760844108370209..comments2024-01-17T20:44:37.660+00:00Comments on USEFUL or BEAUTIFUL: GoneLucillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14414527658216916537noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-69829022345470301702014-08-28T18:47:06.377+01:002014-08-28T18:47:06.377+01:0030 years is a very good time to have a machine. ...30 years is a very good time to have a machine. I have a tiny processor, it is also a stick blender. I use it so seldom that it takes some time to locate it.<br /><br />I haven't culled many food books but I have a very large pile of indifferent books to go to charity but, being carless for a while, they might remain for some time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-43832872064474902792014-08-28T00:42:25.357+01:002014-08-28T00:42:25.357+01:00Lucille, I learned a lot from this post. I've...Lucille, I learned a lot from this post. I've never owned any of the books that you've tossed, but have borrowed some of them from the library to get "my fill" of what they offered. Alice Waters is an interesting person, whom I had the opportunity to chat with. When she visits NYC, she usually makes a stop or two at the same farmers market I love. Yes...her restaurant is very expensive.<br /><br />I've never owned a food processor, and last month did a bit of research about which might be a good investment. The research was inconclusive and actually got me off my enthusiasm for such a purchase.<br /><br />That said...I'd welcome any comments folks who have bought, used, loved, or not-quite-loved particular models. If anyone wants to add such a comment here that would be great. If they want to do so over at my site or via an email to me, that would also be great.<br /><br />Thank you again for this post. Glad that nothing really caught on fire in your kitchen. xoFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-66925232925106050472014-08-27T19:01:33.172+01:002014-08-27T19:01:33.172+01:00Thirty years is a very long food processor's l...Thirty years is a very long food processor's life. Poor Nigella cookbooks, they are neither useful nor beautiful. I wandered in from your link at SouleMama. Nice place! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-23665030719128956902014-08-27T15:37:44.583+01:002014-08-27T15:37:44.583+01:00Yes I'm wondering whether to replace it. I hav...Yes I'm wondering whether to replace it. I have a liquidiser permanently out on the counter which I use a lot. Maybe I don't need another machine.Lucillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14414527658216916537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-53542137417453612982014-08-27T15:34:51.647+01:002014-08-27T15:34:51.647+01:00I agree, there is a separate section of readable o...I agree, there is a separate section of readable or inspiring recipe books evolving that would not necessarily pass the dozen recipes or fewer I now realise as I embark on stage two of the cull. Lucillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14414527658216916537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-21642333796426734802014-08-27T15:10:50.547+01:002014-08-27T15:10:50.547+01:00Yes , we all tend to hang on to cookery books way ...Yes , we all tend to hang on to cookery books way too long but it's the recipes clipped from ancient newspapers and magazines that drive me mad <br />I've still got a pile of Sheila Hutchins ( ? ) clippings , just in case I want to make things like Toad in the Hole or Parkin ... not that I ever have , mind you ..SmitoniusAndSonatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210817141287881808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-48102820988621137442014-08-27T13:15:51.486+01:002014-08-27T13:15:51.486+01:00I have just had a cookbook clear out too - I have...I have just had a cookbook clear out too - I have perhaps half a dozen left - my favourite that I have had since the 70's is a Good Housekeeping one - so old and battered full of stains and no covers left - but I wouldn't be without it. Sorry to hear about your Kenwood - mine went the same way - I have replaced it but the new one hardly ever gets used).elaine https://www.blogger.com/profile/17075935631756457901noreply@blogger.com