...when he would drive down the street in his Le Creuset Round Spinach 7.25-Quart French Oven. in an exclusive-to-Crate-and-Barrel color. They call it "spinach," but don't call it a comeback -- it's avocado for reals. Avocado, some readers will recall, was the bombdiggety color for kitchen decor circa the original lineup of the Velvet Underground.* Are there really people who go out and buy new colors of Le Creuset when they drop? In other words are Le Creuset people as big suckers as Beanie Baby people or sneaker freakers? Is there some intersection of person who would pay for, like, the exclusive Le Creuset-Bathing ape colllab?
This is as good a place as any to make a somewhat heretical suggestion: Le Creuset is not all that for cooking. It is pretty, and statusy, but if you could take one 7.25 quart pot with you into the jungle to feed your insurgents, it would not be Le Creuset -- it is a little bit fussy and a little bit fragile.
*Not mad at this. Not at all. In other news, the Cod just got these shoes, and together w/ the avocado Le Creuset, they would strike the perfect vibe for an early 1970s key party in Taos. Think Rick Moody cut with Sunset Magazine. Anyway, play us off, Modern Lovers:
I see you just got the email blast from Crate a few minutes ago too.
If they bring back avocado, goldenrod must surely be close behind.
Posted by: TSWSarah | Thursday, 24 February 2011 at 03:08 PM
I did! C&B at least is not as bad as Williams-Sonoma, where if you ever look at anything, they keep emailing you about it, like you're a hot girl, and they're the kid you occasionally borrowed notes from freshman year.
Posted by: The Gurgling Cod | Thursday, 24 February 2011 at 03:39 PM
I unsubscribed from W&S ages ago, but I can believe it.
Posted by: TSWSarah | Thursday, 24 February 2011 at 04:17 PM
Nice sneaks.
Posted by: Addison | Friday, 25 February 2011 at 08:58 AM
So what is your insurgency pot of choice?
Posted by: Sorbet Trio | Friday, 25 February 2011 at 04:47 PM
Cast iron you could probably smelt out in the jungle, cast in sand, and season with fat rendered from the corpses of your enemies. Less hardcore, and in the realm of enamel, the two Copco Danish enamel pieces I inherited from a landlady in 1994 have held up much better than Creuset, in spite of abuse, including, but not limited to being dropped out of a taxi after SB XXXVIII.
Posted by: Fesser | Saturday, 26 February 2011 at 10:36 AM
I prefer Revere pots for all of my insurgency needs, just for the historical accuracy.
(Also, copper bottoms.)
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