stockpiling the cookware for the end of the world, are we?
the Mayan calendar math was off, there’s still time! Fatalists
in aprons shall rejoice: Berthold Hoffmann’s exceptional cast
iron collection will outlast the non-believers. A fortuitous find at
Messe Frankfurt’s tendence fair this past summer, the vivacious
serie Konus pots meld the dutiful with the expressive—the limited
edition vessels are loyal to the craft, made in collaboration
with a small foundry in nuremberg and hand-finished in the
designer's studio. His entire suite from cooking essentials to silver
objects are striking minimalist salvation. to inquire, hoffmann-
metallgefaesse.de
History has paraded around many Machiavellian illustrations of “if
you want something done right…” Conquistadores, queens and
Levi strauss did not sit around and wait for good solutions. in a similar
spirit, designer sylvie Amar brilliantly devised a fetching and more
compassionate pepper mill, allowing the gourmand to mix various
peppers, adjust coarseness and arrange for a sprinkling, not a
deluge. in collaboration with Chef olivier Roellinger, the chocolate
beechwood and metal creation flirts with a nautical design as an
homage to Roellinger’s sailing passion. More than a thing of beauty,
the Moulin Roellinger mill bears Amar’s irrepressible curiosity for
culinary heritage (á la the peugeot model 1870), thus her classic
tool made elegant. For information, sylvieamarstudio.com
extra counter space and a Lacanche range—
if happiness has another form, it would be
impressive. For over 200 years, artisans in
Burgundy have been hand-assembling peerless
ranges of machined steel and dressed in fire-
kilned porcelain enamel. With an heirloom look
and feel, deeming them “appliances,” seems
in poor taste. the Citeaux—a ravishing number
in portuguese blue—is to the entertaining home
chef what an exotic car is to the motorist: very
hot. A vertical convection oven for infrared
broiling or baking; an oven large enough for
the holiday bird, a warming cupboard to keep
dishes at ideal temps—this is culinary wizardry.
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