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My wife gave me a meet-n-greet package with Giada De Laurentiis for a gift.
I'd known about it for months, so it was no surprise. Then my wife says..."you could give her one of your pens."
I said - "I could make her a pepper mill"
so I did. I used a crush/grind mechanism and a piece of tulip wood that I'd been holding on to for several years just to make a pepper mill. (I think I was going to give it to my mom...but Giada got it instead.)
I've only made 1 other mill in the past, and never finished it because I had a big catch and nearly destroyed it. Plus I hated the shape.
So technically, this would be my first pepper mill. There's a few "oops" moments that came with this one...and a few flat spots in the long curve. I should have made the top a bit smaller, but I liked the bit of sapwood that was there, so I left it.
She was either thrilled...or very gracious when I gave it to her in the meet-n-greet. There were about 30 other people in the room at the time...then we went to the "celebrity theater" where we had VIP seating and she did a cooking demo with a crowd of 300+ people. There was another pepper mill on the cooking set (it was obviously a hand-made mill). It was removed, and mine placed there. During her demo - she had opportunity to put fresh pepper in a vinaigrette dressing...and then she pointed out to the entire audience that I had made it for her. She had me stand up. It was quite exciting to say the least.
maybe I'll see it on her show someday...if I don't...I'll always have the memory and a nice photo of Giada...me...and the mill I made just for her.
I'd known about it for months, so it was no surprise. Then my wife says..."you could give her one of your pens."
I said - "I could make her a pepper mill"
so I did. I used a crush/grind mechanism and a piece of tulip wood that I'd been holding on to for several years just to make a pepper mill. (I think I was going to give it to my mom...but Giada got it instead.)
I've only made 1 other mill in the past, and never finished it because I had a big catch and nearly destroyed it. Plus I hated the shape.
So technically, this would be my first pepper mill. There's a few "oops" moments that came with this one...and a few flat spots in the long curve. I should have made the top a bit smaller, but I liked the bit of sapwood that was there, so I left it.
She was either thrilled...or very gracious when I gave it to her in the meet-n-greet. There were about 30 other people in the room at the time...then we went to the "celebrity theater" where we had VIP seating and she did a cooking demo with a crowd of 300+ people. There was another pepper mill on the cooking set (it was obviously a hand-made mill). It was removed, and mine placed there. During her demo - she had opportunity to put fresh pepper in a vinaigrette dressing...and then she pointed out to the entire audience that I had made it for her. She had me stand up. It was quite exciting to say the least.
maybe I'll see it on her show someday...if I don't...I'll always have the memory and a nice photo of Giada...me...and the mill I made just for her.
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