Foodie gadgets are not a luxury
Everyone likes eating to be simple. Not me. Give me food that demands rituals and special implements
My cutlery drawer is a mess. Sure, there are the usual things in there: the knives and forks, the spoons and cheap plastic chopsticks from the local takeaway.
But there's also a bunch of other stuff: the spring-loaded tongs and the heavy, red-enamelled crackers with their serrated teeth, the pins, and spindle forks for digging about in nooks and crannies, and the longer wooden-handled ones perfectly shaped for spearing bread.
None of these things is used as much as I would wish but the mere sight of them pleases me. They speak of eating possibilities.
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