27-Jul-2007, 07:41 PM
The end of July often marks the start of "silly season" in the nation's press - Parliament have started their summer recess and there's less to report on, so the silly stories come out. I thought I'd start a thread on the daft stories appearing in "silly season" - please feel free to join in!
Bling to the boil
It's covered in diamonds and costs £100,000. So does the world's most expensive pan cook well, asks Phil Hogan
Sunday July 22, 2007
The Observer
What do you give the cook who has everything? Why, obviously, the world's most expensive saucepan! Harrods will be selling them, though not until September, which gives everybody (especially those laggards who haven't got round to changing their euros back after the summer holidays) time to scrape together the £100,000. Yes, yes - rather steep for a pan, but it is made of gold and diamonds, which don't grow on trees yet. But will it improve one's egg-poaching skills? Or are we talking about superior, um... heat distribution, or anti-stickability in some as yet unguessable (by me) way? Has someone invented a pan that doesn't set all the fire alarms off while you're busy on the phone for a few short minutes? For a hundred grand I'm looking for a pan that can not only cook but take the beans out of the cupboard.
http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/homes/story/0,,2131406,00.html
Bling to the boil
It's covered in diamonds and costs £100,000. So does the world's most expensive pan cook well, asks Phil Hogan
Sunday July 22, 2007
The Observer
What do you give the cook who has everything? Why, obviously, the world's most expensive saucepan! Harrods will be selling them, though not until September, which gives everybody (especially those laggards who haven't got round to changing their euros back after the summer holidays) time to scrape together the £100,000. Yes, yes - rather steep for a pan, but it is made of gold and diamonds, which don't grow on trees yet. But will it improve one's egg-poaching skills? Or are we talking about superior, um... heat distribution, or anti-stickability in some as yet unguessable (by me) way? Has someone invented a pan that doesn't set all the fire alarms off while you're busy on the phone for a few short minutes? For a hundred grand I'm looking for a pan that can not only cook but take the beans out of the cupboard.
http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/homes/story/0,,2131406,00.html
