Comments on: Christmas Goodies for the Maker of Christmas Goodies

By: Gertude Blechinger

Gertude Blechinger — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:13:09 +0000

Very true. The home is the new going out.

By: Terry S

Terry S — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:34:25 +0000

So Cool!!

By: the unfashionista

the unfashionista — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 17:19:33 +0000

Don’t buy Hospitality Under the Influence for the entertainer/chef/cheerful/funny person in your life without a gift receipt – last year, everybody I knew got me that book…love it, didn’t need more then one…

By: Twistie

Twistie — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:23:26 +0000

ELS, I just clicked the link on the table runner and got through with no trouble. But if you’re still unable to get there, it’s from amazon.com.

If you have any further trouble getting to it, just give a yell and I’ll do what I can to help.

By: ELS

ELS — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:12:08 +0000

Help! I must have the table runner, but the link is broken. Can you please update, or at least provide the store name?

By: We love the presents » Manolo for the Big Girl!

We love the presents » Manolo for the Big Girl! — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:36:41 +0000

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By: Carol

Carol — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:30:20 +0000

Some of the Lodge dutch ovens have metal lid handles.

By: Carol

Carol — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:28:13 +0000

I love my Le Crueset dutch oven, but I've been reading excellent reviews of the Lodge version. It has a metal rather than a plastic lid handle so it can tolerate higher oven temperatures. The 7 quart Lodge enamelware dutch oven is on sale at Amazon.com for nearly 1/2 price at $99.99. I got one for my sister, sister-in-law, and mother-in-law (and their husbands who also like to cook - I love two birds with one stone presents) for Christmas. I'm going to tuck a recipe for no-knead bread and Belgian beef stew (Carbonnade à la flamande) in the packages.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:20:49 +0000

I have a smaller version of the Le Crueset oven. Another good enamel over cast iron brand is Staub. I found a 5 qt. pot for $70 on a sale table at Williams Sonoma.

By: Allura

Allura — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:27:40 +0000

The LeCrueset dutch ovens are awesome. I use mine all the time. They’re HEAVY, though, being enamel over cast iron. Also, they’re apparently warrantied for 100 years. Someone on a forum (www.egullet.org) was saying she inherited her grandmother’s and it got a chip in it. LeCrueset replaced it, and who knows how old it was. They’re a lot easier to clean than you’d expect, too.