When did I become the kind of person who loves homewares?
No, really, when did that happen? When did it become vital for me to know about Scanpans and silicone egg poachers?
Perhaps I can trace it back to the day when I stopped walking past Culinary Delight and started wandering in. From memory I was on the hunt for polka dot napkins (no, really), and wound up spending way too long mentally swapping out out everything in my kitchen for the shiny items in this store.
And this was even before the era of Masterchef. So god help me now. read more