Shopaholic Reform: Cuisinart...Oooohhhhh

Monday, May 10

Cuisinart...Oooohhhhh

So here's the thing, I love kitchen gadgets, but I can't cook to save my life. My problem mostly lies in the fact that my attention span prevents me from cooking anything from start to finish without either...
a) losing interest and moving on to something more entertaining and just settling with a bowl of cereal
b) forgetting what I'm doing b/c I get distracted and burning the whole thing
c) not reading the directly carefully enough (or at all) and either missing a step or ingredient
d) all of the above.

None of these scenarios work out very well, as anyone who has eaten my cooking can attest.

Anyways, regardless of my lack of culinary capability I enjoy kitchen gizmos, so naturally I was drawn to the Cuisinart boutique on the LaLa today. Here aresome of the featured gems (NONE of which I bought, thank you very much)...

7-cup food processor. $109 from $145

My mother has one of these things and she uses it constantly, so naturally I believe that in order to cook like my mother all I need is a food processor. Flawless logic, right?

Convection Bread Maker. $80 from $125.

I love and need carbs of all varieties in my life. a bread maker would bring me enormous joy, that is if I were to ever use it.

Ice Cream/Sorbet Maker. $35 from $45.95

Because who doesn't love ice cream!

4-Cup Rice Cooker. $35 from $49.95.

This brings me back to that whole loving carbs thing...delicious.

2 comments:

Cat said...: JUST bought the cuisinart 12 cup food processor and saw this pop up from you... GET OUT OF MY HEAD :); May 11, 2010 at 11:32 AM
Jack Skellington said...: I read minds in my down time...it's a hobby of mine.; May 13, 2010 at 11:46 AM

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Something to Chew On...

The downside to Globalization

1. “The general complaint about globalization is that it has made the rich richer while making the non-rich poorer. It is wonderful for managers and investors, but hell on workers and nature.”¹

2. Multinational corporations are accused of social injustice, unfair working conditions (including slave labor wages and poor living and working conditions), as well as a lack of concern for the environment, mismanagement of natural resources, and ecological damage.

3. Multinational corporations which were previously restricted to commercial activities are increasingly influencing political decisions. Many think there is a threat of corporations ruling the world because they are gaining power due to globalization.

4. Opponents say globalization makes it easier for rich companies to act with less accountability. They also claim that countries’ individual cultures are becoming overpowered by Americanization.

5. Anti-globalists also claim that globalization is not working for the majority of the world. During the most recent period of rapid growth in global trade and investment, 1960 to 1998, inequality worsened both internationally and within countries. The UN Development Program reports that the richest 20 percent of the world's population consume 86 percent of the world's resources, while the poorest 80 percent consume just 14 percent.

6. Some experts think that globalization is also leading to the incursion of communicable diseases. Deadly diseases like HIV/AIDS are being spread by travelers to the remotest corners of the globe.

7. Globalization has led to exploitation of labor. Prisoners and child workers are used to work in inhumane conditions. Safety standards are ignored to produce cheap goods. There is also an increase in human trafficking.

8. Social welfare schemes or “safety nets” are under great pressure in developed countries because of deficits and other economic ramifications of globalization.

As manufacturing continues to decline, so does our ability to innovate. In the long term, this means fewer well-paid jobs, lower productivity, declining wages, declining living standards and low economic growth. Globalization is a big part of this decline and will affect all jobs and all sectors of the economy. From the point of view of multinational corporations and Wall Street investors, globalization is probably viewed as a wonderful phenomenon with many opportunities. But from the point of view of American manufacturers, manufacturing workers, the middle class, professional service workers and overall economic growth, I think the disadvantages far out weigh the advantages.

-Mike Collins, The Pros and Cons of Globalization (2010)