There’s a new Cuisinart food processor that I’m just DYING to get!  I have a really nice one now, and I’ve only had it for a couple of years so it’s still in really good condition.  But this new version – the ‘Elite Die-Cast’ – really is the mac daddy, nay, the queen mother of all food processors.  It has 3 different bowl sizes which can be switched out without making a mess, a retractable cord, and storage cases for all the parts (a major problem for me now…I have to move gingerly around the pieces lest I slice off a finger), along with several other features.  Maybe someone would buy mine from me so I can get this new one!  Williams-Sonoma is selling the 16-cup version for $300, and Sur La Table is selling a 14-cup version for the same price.  Hmmm, wonder which one I should get??  If you have never used a food processor they can make your life so much easier in the kitchen.  Granted, the cleanup is a bit involved, but it’s so worth it.  I’m not putting this on my Christmas wish list as there are so many other kitchen ‘things’ that I think I want, and I don’t think anyone is going to fork over $300 to purchase this for me.  And I’ve already hit up my husband for a totally useless and expensive, but gorgeous, bracelet.

I completely intended to cook dinner tonight, but forgot that Sydney has a choral concert at school.  So, ashamedly, it was a fast-food kind of night.  And we live in a very small town, so the options are quite limited.  I won’t be back in the kitchen until Thursday – I have a holiday dinner party with my office colleagues at Clyde’s Willow Creek Farm tomorrow night.  Beautiful and historic building, but the food is unpredictable.  They do have really great brunch.