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Question: I see red, I see red, I see red!

ClanvidHorse — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:08:01 -0800

Where can I find really cool RED kitchen equipment?

I am looking for something really cool for a kitchen. There is only one thing that it must be: bright, vibrant and red in colour.

It could be a kettle, toaster, salad bowl, cutlery, crockery or anything else as long as it's red. I have a budget of £50-70 and it would need to be something that I could get in the UK or delivered here. Although, normally a fan of vintage gear, I am not sure how appealing this would be as a gift when it relates to kitchen equipment, however, I am open to all suggestions.

Bonus points for things that are well-designed and very cool looking.

Ta.

By: ClanvidHorse

ClanvidHorse — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:11:39 -0800

Oh yes, it's a gift for someone.

By: le morte de bea arthur

le morte de bea arthur — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:43:50 -0800

Here's a few random ideas from Amazon (UK):

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

By: Ness

Ness — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:47:21 -0800

Some red stuff from John Lewis
Spice mill
Casserole pot
More expensive casserole pot
Red lacquer cookware range
Spring scales
Toaster
Is that a toaster or a Mini?

I'm sure theres more red stuff to be found there :)

By: ClanvidHorse

ClanvidHorse — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:47:36 -0800

Cheers le morte. I use Amazon all the time for books and cds but had entirely forgotten that they actually sell other stuff.

By: missmagenta

missmagenta — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:48:02 -0800

Red Kettle
Red Toaster
This site as lots of red stuff

By: essexjan

essexjan — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:56:41 -0800

A kettle.

A cast-iron casserole.

And another one (heart-shaped)

A rolling pin.

Ceramic cookware.

Much more red here.

As a keen cook, if it were me, I would love a cast-iron casserole. It'll last 100 years and is one of the most versatile pots a cook can have as it can be used on the hob and in the oven.

By: schmoo

schmoo — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:00:28 -0800

An Ebay search for red + kitchen + new + max price £60 (to allow for postage) yeilds lots of potential gift ideas. I love the red retro design kettles!

By: uandt

uandt — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:07:26 -0800

The red Sarpaneva casserole pot is a total design classic, hard to find and a present that would make me cry with joy

By: phunniemee

phunniemee — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:41:21 -0800

As a supplement to a smaller item, if you should choose it, a set of red kitchen towels would be really cool. :dries self with red bath towel: Most people's kitchen towels are random, unmatched things bought in a frenzy when one shreds and dies. A set of matching ones would be neat. Red towels are where it's at, man.

By: gjc

gjc — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:57:35 -0800

I believe Kitchen Aid has a "brilliant red" line of small kitchen stuff.

By: ninebelow

ninebelow — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:21:41 -0800

I have those red Typhoon scales linked above. They are very nice.

By: 8dot3

8dot3 — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:01:57 -0800

Red baking timer

Red apron & oven mitts

tongs

Various dutch ovens

By: essexjan

essexjan — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:07:09 -0800

Can I just add, too, that non-electrical items will probably have a longer lifespan than, say, a toaster or a kettle. As one of the functions of gift-giving is to remind the person of the giver, the longer something lasts, so the fonder the memory is likely to be. I have a large stoneware cup and saucer that was a gift from a friend almost 30 years ago. I saw her for the first time in 25 years last summer, but thought of her each time I used that cup and saucer in the intervening quarter-century.

By: beniamino

beniamino — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:28:32 -0800

This knife holder is cool and red. You can also get it in high street shops.

By: ClanvidHorse

ClanvidHorse — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:44:42 -0800

Thanks for the advice everyone. Plenty to go on there! I would mark a best answer but it is all good.

By: dogsbody

dogsbody — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:54:07 -0800

I've got my eye on a pair of these for when our new kitchen's finished:

The matching Magimix Le Toaster and Kettle were both Which? Guide Best Buys this year, so not only are they beautiful but they're also practical. They only lost marks for not being terribly easy to keep clean.

By: HotToddy

HotToddy — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:10:02 -0800

Here's what you do. You get them a copy of Cradle of Flavor,, which is an awesome Indonesian/Singaporean/Malaysian cookbook. Then on a little card inside the book you give them a link to this thread on eGullet, in which the participants enthusiastically cook their way through the entire cookbook with lots of photos and commentary. Then you go to the store and buy them a few of the more exotic condiments used in the book, like palm sugar, shrimp crackers, and kecap manis. Then (you're wondering where the red comes in, right?) you get them this absolutely adorable Cuisinart Mini-Prep Plus food processor in red. You need it to prepare almost everything in the book because it uses all these flavoring pastes, and a regular food processor won't do--it has to be this mini one.

If they like cooking and are adventurous eaters, I can pretty much guarantee they will love this gift.

By: HotToddy

HotToddy — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:11:35 -0800

Forgot to say, the author himself weighs in on that eGullet thread.

By: citron

citron — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:42:48 -0800

le Creuset. beautiful shade of red, never wears out, and the colors aren't changed so any time you can get more in the same red.

By: bink

bink — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 06:57:03 -0800

For the record: though it may seem like a good idea to get your stove powder-coated Ferrari red, it's really not. It looks cool from a distance and at first, but once you start cooking with it you'll find out that the stuff really doesn't do well with heat.

(It still looks cool from a distance, but the top is trashed.)

I have tons of red stuff in my kitchen, a collection cobbled together over the last few decades from catalogs and stores. Just go into one and look; it's pretty eye-catching. Or add "red" to your search terms online.