| What to Get for the Family Chef for Christmas? | November 20th, 2007 |
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Here comes Christmas! It’s time to start thinking about what to buy for the people on your list. Just about every family has someone who loves to cook. This person is sometimes easy to shop for, but sometimes hard. It’s easy if they’re still building up their kitchen gear, more challenging if it seems like they have every gadget, tool, etc. that you can think of, and are content with it all. For the new chef This is the person in the family who is discovering a love of cooking, but doesn’t have it all yet. In fact, they may not have much at all of what they like. Cast iron pans are a great alternative to nonstick, for example. They can be bought through eBay whether you want new or used/antique, or you can go to Amazon In fact, Amazon has a Thanksgiving sale A good quality mixer can be very welcome if it’s in your budget, but even an assortment of small, useful and interesting kitchen tools can do well too. Also consider gourmet ingredients Chefs who seem to have it all Many people who love to cook and have been doing so for years can be a bit harder to shop for. The gourmet ingredients Beyond that, listen and watch them in the kitchen if you can, and see if there’s something they want. You do have to be careful about replacing tools if the current ones were carefully chosen, as some people who love to cook can be pretty picky. Remember they may have other interests Especially if they sometimes get touchy about having to do ALL the cooking, despite loving it, think about their other interests too. Some people would love to get a blender for Christmas. Others would probably hit you over the head with it for being so insensitive. Anything to do with housewares should be chosen very, very carefully. Technorati Tags: cooking gifts, christmas gifts, holiday shopping, christmas shopping One Response to “What to Get for the Family Chef for Christmas?”Share your thoughts on this post, recipe ideas or anything else relevant. |
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for a good selection. I love my cast iron far more than I ever did my nonstick, and the beauty of it is that they can be handed down for generations if cared for properly.
December 1st, 2007 at 10:55 am
I love to cook but am by no means a chef. The products you talk about sound like great ones to have even for a non chef. A cast Iron Skillet is a great thing to have.
Just and FYI. I am hosting three contests and left you the link to info about them in my name in case you were interested. The prizes are not cooking related but they are pretty sweet none the less.