One of the great joys about having a blog is that your Inbox fills up daily with pitches for everything from chocolate shows in Pennsylvania (hello? I live in France…) to Superbowl Sunday and Forth of July article ideas (hello? I live in France…) There are quite a few products that I would laugh at if they weren’t so silly, and to be honest, my apartment is so overloaded with stuff that you couldn’t fit a stick of gum in here otterbox reflex.


I have various pieces of cookware representing a cross-section of French and American manufacturers, as well as some copper pots and pans that I keep around for old time’s sake, although I rarely use them Touch Monitor. (If I can’t run it through the dishwasher, there’s a lot less-incentive to grab something.) But I was recently offered a “green” skillet from a European company, Beka, made of a nonstick coating that is said to represent an advance in cookware, which is something I’m always interested in. Plus recently there seems to be more and more health concerns arising regarding traditional nonstick cookware, and the older I get, the more I want to enjoy the precious few days left I have on this earth flower shop flowers.