Bon Appétit Editors' Christmas Wish List, From Knives to Le Creuset
We've already told you what to buy your food-obsessed friends and family for Christmas. Now it's our turn to give Santa our own wish list. From olive oil to sharp chef's knives to vintage cookbooks, we've put deep thought into the stuff we're hoping to get in our stockings and under our trees. Some of it is practical (a Vitamix blender!), some not so much (a vintage champagne ice bucket!), but all of these things would capture our hearts and fill our holidays with endless cheer. Check out the slideshow to see what we're pining for—and we won't be mad if you feel like sending a couple of presents (to, uh, 4 Times Square, NY NY 10036).
1/12"A badass new chef's knife (with a lesson on how to sharpen the thing; I'm terrible at that)." —Adam Rapoport, editor in chief (Credit: Courtesy Williams-Sonoma)
2/12"Due to an unfortunate stuffing-related mishap on Thanksgiving, my enormous flame-orange Le Creuset dutch oven is kaput. Anyone care to get me a new one? I promise to treat this one with the loving-kindness it deserves (and if, come next Thanksgiving, the turkey is occupying the entire oven, I will not attempt to cook the stuffing on the back burner and forget about it for so long that it leaves a blackened layer of carbon two inches thick on the bottom). Pretty please?" —Matt Gross, editor, BonAppetit.com (Credit: Courtesy Sur la Table)
3/12"I'm loving this enamelware baking dish from Food52's Provisions, just in time for gratin "season." And very much dreaming about an Astier de Villatte/John Derian marbleized teapot, no matter how expensive, in which to brew barley tea." —Christine Muhlke, executive editor (Credit: James Ransom)
4/12"A Hurom Slow Juicer please!" —Alex Pollack, photo director (Credit: Courtesy Macy's)
5/12"A VITAMIX! Please, Santa." —Brad Leone, test kitchen assistant (Credit: Courtesy Vitamix)
6/12"A giant vintage silver ice bucket, enough for many bottles of Champagne at once. That'll hold me until I can get a new fridge, right?"—Randy Hartwell, researcher (Credit: Peden + Munk)
7/12"Jadeite everything. Cake stands, Jell-O molds, juicers—I'm a sucker for old-school minty-green milk glass." —Ashlea Halpern, special projects editor (Credit: Courtesy Fishs Eddy)
8/12"My mom's stollen. Certain family members have been known to freeze it so they can eat it after the holidays are long gone." —Sue Getzendanner, photo editor (Credit: Ailine Liefeld)
9/12"The vintage collection of Time-Life's The Good Cook series. There are some things the Internet just can't teach you." —Alison Roman, senior associate food editor (Credit: LkWhatTheCatDraggedN)
10/12"A yearlong supply of McEvoy Ranch olive oil. I got one bottle last year and it was gone by New Year's." —Jenny Rosenstrach, contributing editor (Credit: Courtesy McEvoy Ranch)
11/12"To fully understand gluten and kale!" —Anna Wintour, artistic director, Condé Nast (Credit: Ditte Isager)
12/12"A redwood or walnut salad bowl. Or a new toaster. Or a tropical vacation." —Dawn Perry, senior food editor (Credit: Courtesy Fitzu)
