My Kitchen in November

Here's my kitchen wrap-up for a month when I was mostly preparing to go to Paris or winding down from the trip. You might think I would go to the famous Paris culinary shops, cookbook stores, or food stores and bring stuff back, but this was a no-stuff trip except for two magnets. (Yes, the customs agent gave me a funny look when he asked what I had brought back and I said "two magnets.")

Most of November when at home, I was cooking only basics. I'm working on getting some new spices, so maybe I'll have more to say next month!

One new appliance purchased early in November: a popcorn popper.
We had one in the past but it kind of fell apart. Interesting discovery:
if you spray a little water on the hot popcorn the salt sticks to it better.

Winter fruit and "gold" coins waiting for Chanukah, which starts on Sunday!

Refrigerator decor: post cards from our visit to Alert Bay, B.C. in October. The 2 new magnets from the Centre Pompidou
in Paris: an image of the ultramodern building, and a Chagall image. The magnetic clips are new too.

Magnet close-up. The Chagall wasn't on view, but we love it so I got the magnet.
The painting of a bride & groom was meaningful because our wedding
was in France at the time when a postage stamp with the image was current.

The Chagall was one of a beautiful series of
stamps with works of art from major French museums.
We sent many letters home with this stamp!

"The Kitchen Table" by André Derain (1925). In the Museée de l'Orangerie. A kitchen in Paris! 

All things considered -- it's fun to eat every meal out for a week.
Especially in Paris!

For more kitchens and kitchen news from many other bloggers, see the blog event "In My Kitchen" at Sherry's blog: http://sherryspickings.blogspot.com/. I suspect that most of the other bloggers will have much more new stuff than I do!

Last -- a boring photo of my new non-stick frying pans, replacing the
semi-worn-out former ones. We also have some new dish brushes,
even more boring!