I am a big believer in not refrigerating things that ought not to be refrigerated, which means that I often have a cake or some cheese or a frittata or bread or something that I want to keep on the counter for a day or few as we polish it off. As a result, for a long time I'd been wishing for a glass dome of the right size and shape to plonk over such items.
For some reason, I believed that this would be impossibly difficult to find, or very expensive, or at the very least always sold with a pedestal cake stand. But this weekend I was re-inspired to look into it (because I baked a WONDERFUL, glorious cake, and I say this as someone who is distinctly cake impaired, and I'll tell all three of you remaining readers about it shortly), and lo! I found just the thing. Yes, it's a Nigella Lawson product, which seems a little bit silly, but it's just what I had in mind: simple, twelve inches across, suitable for putting directly on the counter or on its own nice low ceramic plate base, and with straight sides high enough to accommodate a decently sized cake. I find this very satisfying.
Oh, how lovely to have! I have two apothecary jars (one enormous, the other with a 2- or 3- gallon capacity) that I can use for this... though admittedly jamming a whole cake in an apothecary jar might get tricky.
Posted by: Elsa | 06/21/2008 at 06:14 PM
Cheese and egg based things do not need to be refrigerated? I had not realized, tell me more!
Posted by: Lisa | 06/30/2008 at 08:39 PM