Marlene

Found it! Here in Oakville at a specialty store. The list price is $329.00 Cdn. Amazon has it for 180 Us and Sur la table has it for 179 US. By the time I do the conversion from US to Cdn. dollars, and add shipping and duty, I'm probably pretty close to the $329.00 cdn mark. Besides, I can have it tomorrow for that price, I may just put it on a cooking pedestal and admire it

If I'm going to pay in the hundreds for a single pot, pan (roasting pan ) etc, I'm going to take the time and effort to keep them looking nice. I do prefer function over form, but there's no reason you can't have both

No kidding! For some reason, they don't have the smaller roasting pan here in Ontario - at least not that I've found so far. I want to start with the smaller pan since I usually cook for 2-4 people, and will get the larger pan for holiday occassions if the smaller one performs well. Can't order it through Amazon.com (sorry Jason, I tried), but can order it from surlatable for shipping to Canada. So I'll either pick it up next week when I'm in NY and cart it back on the plane with me, or I'll order it through surlatable. This just shouldn't be this dificult

Argh! Amazon.com does not ship kitchen products to Canada. Any helpful suggestions on where to buy this in New York when we are there next week?

I've decided on the All clad petite roti stainless steel pan. I think I can order this through Amazon.com. The only things they don't ship to Canada are electronics I believe. How do I order through Amazon so that egullet gets the credit?

Thanks Tommy. I note that William Sonoma has the pans as well. Thoughts on non-stick versus stainless? I'm want the roast and potatoes to brown and I obviously want to be able to de-glaze the pan or make gravy. How well does non stick work for this? Is stainless better?

My new kitchenaid oven does this.

Neither of those things appeal to me. I looked on the All Clad site, but I didn't find a roaster. Braising pan yes, but no roaster. I'll just keep searching....

I'm sorry, but that is disgusting. LBNoble, to answer your question, maybe a nice lazagna, some fresh shrimp, definately cheese, cookies? Things that are easy to pop in the oven without too much energy. She's just had a baby, and she's going to have company, she'll be exhausted

Doing some searching reveals a calphalon hard anodized french roaster. They appear to have two sizes, 16 in and 14 inch. I can find the 16 in on Amazon.com, but I'm having trouble finding the 14 in pan. Any suggestions on (a) where to find the 14 in, and (b) experience with these pans?

Our Chinese food place still uses cartons for most things. Really gooey things like honey garlic ribs are in round plastic containers. We plate it and use chopsticks except for my son, who at least attempts the chopsticks before giving up in frustration and asks for a fork.

Now I need new pots and pans. Some of my pans don't fit flush to the surface of my cooktop so I'm replacing them. One of the things I need is a really really good roasting pan. My old one is pretty light, and didn't sit on the cooktop properly on the weekend for making gravy. Need one with shallow sides, a bit of weight to it, and one that is good for making gravy in. Any suggestions!

My very favourite chip was the Lay's Hot Spicy BBQ chips. A couple of weeks ago, I noticed I couldn't find them in any store I went to. I wrote to Lays and they wrote back to tell me that this flavour has been discontinued. . This is the story of my life I think. Just when I find a brand or a product I really like, the makers discontinue it. I can't be the only one who likes this stuff. Anyone have similar peeves?

Well yes...

Probably not, but you may be the only one who admits it. Nope, I do too. Especially when I'm in a hurry.

You can buy it here. I however picked it up at my local Fred Meyer here in Seattle. Cool. Now I just have to find it in Canada. Or on my next trip to Seattle

Only sometimes, it depends on how much I've been drinking! Really, if I'm mincing more than 5 or 6 cloves, I'll go to my small food processor: It's quick, easy and most importantly it's easy to clean. But personally, I really love to mince garlice. Something romantic about it I suppose, as dorky as that sounds. That and I REALLY like wielding my chef's knife. I want one of these! Where do I find one?

Then it should just be against the law, instead of picking and choosing where they will ban it, yet be delighted to rake in the taxes on it.

That's true. And it's chattier too!

We have the Mr. Boston Official Bartender's Guide. I've had this for 20+ years and was actually one of my textbooks in my Food and Bev course in college.

Butter Tart Filling Serves 24 as Dessert. These are even better the second day. For a smaller dessert, or perhaps buffet table, use tartlet pans. In that case this will make around 40 tartlets or 24 tarts. 1-1/2 c raisins 4 T butter 2 eggs 2 c brown sugar a few tsp rum or rum flavouring 1/2 c chopped nuts Pie Pastry for 24 tarts Soak raisins in boiling water for a few minutes until they are plump. Beat butter till creamy. Add eggs and brown sugar and beat until foamy. Add rum or rum flavouring, chopped nuts and raisins. Pour into uncooked tart shells. (use a rich pastry, rolled thin). Bake in a 375 degree oven for 15- 20 minutes or until brown. Cool slightly before removing from pan to wire rack. Serve with whipped cream. Keywords: Dessert, Intermediate, Snack ( RG209 )

I have my good crystal (DaVinci) for formal dining, but we have Reidel glasses that we use on an everyday basis. We have the Reidel Vinum Extreme series, and I have two Reisling, 2 Burgandy, 2 Pinot Noir, 2 Chardonnay, and 2 port glasses. I put them in the dishwasher all the time.

A sister thread to maggie's PMS thread. For the ladies, what did you crave the most during your pregnancy? For the boyz: what's the weirdest thing your lady sent you out to get for her at 3:00 a.m. in the morning, that she just couldnt' sleep until she had tasted? For me as posted in the PMS thread it was soy sauce. I ate tons and tons of rice during my pregnancy. I'd of had soy sauce on my cereal in the morning, if I thought I wouldn't have sent then hubby screaming from the house....

No, I never got PMS either. And I started going through menopause at 41 so it's definately no longer a worry. I did notice a slight increase in my desire for salt during that time though. Although I've always been in favour of salty stuff so maybe it had nothing to do with that time of the month pregnancy? Soy sauce - on everything!

Your library lets you check out 43 books at a time?! The 43 is cookbooks. I also have 6 mysteries, 2 non-fiction, 3 fiction, and Peter has 23 books checked out. Oh, and I think Diana has 8 checked out. Minneapolis Public Library rocks. You can check out unlimited (I think), they have a great selection of current DVD's and videos, and an awesome selection of cookbooks. And on-line reserving (they e-mail you when book is in) and renewing. Plus our branch is 4 blocks away. Oh man. I want to live next to your library!