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@Molliebeth~I got the exact same comment from my mother when I asked for one. Followed by; Can't you just use a knife? sigh...

@Everyone~We're REALLY going to lunch.

A mandoline. Hopefully you guys will know that I mean the food slicing tool, not the musical instrument. I requested one from my Mom this year, and after clearing up that little detail, she did some research and reported back to me that "for prices like that, it should really have a motor on it!" I am just hoping for an adjustable tool that will last me a long time and is sturdy enough for everyday use.

@iguanablue ~ somehow I missed your post. What a terrible thing you've lived through. I'm glad to hear you're rebuilding. Where are you?

Black Onyx Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer, and my mother is getting it for me this weekend! WOOT! I'm sure she is getting it early so that I can whip up a carrot cake for her LOL!

All I really want for Christmas is to have Mr. LoCo here with me so I can cook for him. Luckily, I'm definitely getting that wish. Sadly, it's only for a two-week visit, so I need new kitchen toys to keep me busy after he returns to distant lands. Three months till the next visit. Sigh.

Therefore, in terms of my kitchen-oriented xmas list, it appears that Mr. LoCo and Mr. Claus are collaborating to bring me a ThermaPen (my old digital thermometer died, which made me very happy, because it was a piece of crap); a real boning knife (it's only a matter of time before I lose a hand to the poor substitute I've been using); a copy of Mastering the Art of French Cooking which has somehow managed to escape my collection for years and years and years; a Kitchenaid stick blender (no more soup exploding out of the jar blender... yay!); a Le Creuset 7qt round dutch oven in satin black (thanks for the feedback, SE Talkers); and a long-handled potato masher (11-1/4" to be exact) to replace the short one I got at a garage sale, for 25 cents, when I moved into my first apartment 25 years ago (the one that's now being held together with a rubberband from a bunch of asparagus).

It's all about the simple things in life, no?

@SayWhat - there are these little plastic round things that fit in a normal upper cabinet (think a double-decker plastic lazy susan) that are perfect for spices/boxes of bouillon cubes/boxes of toothpicks and so forth. I have three. =)

kitchen aid mixer's always on my list, yet always absent from under the tree. as for things i have a better chance of getting-that would be 'eat me' by kenny shopsin. i borrowed it from the library and loved it so much that i'd really like to make it apart of my permanent collection. oh, and a floor lamp.

@Josdean ~ I haven't been invited. I'm also on the mend, but can't leave Dodge yet, except for Fantasy Land (is that different than Fantasy Island - da plane, da plane!?).

I'm getting everything on my Christmas list. All of my girls are coming to PA (from CA & AZ)) and I'm thrilled. Although, maybe one more silpat would come in handy. I bought two more expensive imitations and they are crap.

i would love to have most anything for my kitchen. my kitchen and the rest of my house was blown away by cat.4 hurricane paloma back on 8 november. i miss being able to cook a comforting meal in my cosy kitchen. as they say in the islands(cayman brac) SOON COME!! maybe by the end of next summer i will again be back in my kitchen...oh and where are my cookbooks?

OK you two. You're making me a little jealous. Yeeeaaah, that's the word I'm looking for...
Did he say aggressive?

Anyway... *head shake*

@lamora~aw hell, I have to go back and look at what you said. Hold on.
Oh yeah, it's a little story. When I moved to St Louis after having lived there before briefly, and there was NOTHING there, I was very excited that now there was a Whole Foods. I called my friend in Austin and told her and she, very sweetly, said "My Whole Foods can kick your Whole Food's ass!!!".

She's still my friend.

@iz, you make me feel a little greedy, because yes, I have a wonderful husband and I'm happy with my life. On the other hand, everything I really want for Christmas is cooking related, and if I wasn't cooking for my husband, my in-laws and giving away goodies to friends, my cooking needs would be much simpler. So in the end, the stuff that I want ends up making other people happier, too. Or, well, maybe just fatter.

an apron, new kitchen, new house, dishwasher, dishwasher, something in tall, handsome and .................does dishes.