Thursday, September 28, 2006

Macy's Culinary Demo Cart

madisonmacys
Some unknown force dragged my yellow Scion into the Hilldale parking lot over lunch hour today. I got sucked out of the car, dragged past Ben and Jerry's, Buddy Squirrels, then down the Macy's escalator--and Candy Jones hates escalators--toward the Gimbels, I mean Marshall Fields, I mean Macy's cafe.
And what to my wondering eyes should appear: A cooking demo cart in the batter laden hands of a culinary professional named Donna.
Donna wore a fetching black arpon and was making peanut butter cookies called Not Nutter Butters with a smart little KitchenAid and a Calphalon pan.
I was intrigued by her use of a skillet to melt butter, then split a vanilla bean, and toast oats before chilling the mixture.
Does heaven smell like Not Nutter Butters cookies?
Donna says she's typically there on a Sunday or Tuesday for six hour shifts, and there will be someone showing us how it's done at the demo cart five days a week.
There are recipes next to the cart. If you really want, I'll email this one to you.

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous6:55 PM

    i hate that macy's killed field's and all the other old regional stores.

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  2. All the cookware like KitchenAid and Calphalon are to the right of the demo cart. I'm sure we can find you some pink kitchen tools.
    You can start online:
    http://www.kitchenaid.com/ (enter "pink" in the search)
    http://www.laprimashops.com/
    http://www.bialetticafe.com/ (click cookware)
    And of course http://www.kokopink.com/ (The Pink Place To Shop)

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