Fifine was a frank gourmand, anybody could win her heart through her palate.

- Villette; Charlotte Bronte.

The bronte sisters are good reads if you feel dark and brooding. Jane Eyre is a personal fave, but wuthering heights(oooh who doesnt need a heathcliff in her life?) and Villette are also nice for a rainy day.

But this isnt about the Bronte sisters. Its more about liking food, and enjoying the preparation of same.

I dont know what it is about the onset of fall and the cooler weather - but i become a cooking/baking/deglazing/reducing machine. And like clockwork, on this first afternoon of feeling that crispness in the air - following a succession of warmer than average days - i'm feeling all domestic.


i think im gonna do a brunch at my house, and these two sites - and in williams-sonoma case, the actual store; i WISH there was a DD here - are killing it.(And, possibly, damning me to a life of penury):

www.deandeluca.com
www.williams-sonoma.com

williams-sonoma is an epicures delight. Its has the all the sauces, spices, seasonings one could ask. And the cookware! Oh the cookware. Le Creuset is my dark master you guys. They have this dutch oven TO DIE FOR.

i would|die for|you

Thats definitely going on my wishlist. And copper pots. I love copper pots. They have them in abundance, all shiny and patina free. Exotic and domestic, they have it. And i love them for that reason.

Dean and Deluca is for the urbane, educated, world-weary, bon vivant - one with upper east side roots, and upper westside sensibilities. The kitsch loving sophisticate with a credit card.

Of course...i dont know what the heck im talking about, but thats neither here nor there. It made for good copy didnt it? DIDN'T IT?