The Bittman Team Holiday Gift Guide
Just-right gifts for everyone
This year has been objectively challenging, no matter how you look at it. Giving gifts makes you feel good. So here’s our third annual gift guide, with picks from everyone on our team. We like to think there’s something for everyone in here — mostly food-related, with an abundance of smoked fish, because… we love it. We’ve also got some (non-food! gasp!) wild cards.
Daniel’s Picks
So, technically, this thing — the wooden contraption that the young gentleman is standing on in the photo above — is called a Learning Tower, but I just can’t bring myself to ever call it that. To me, it’s “the baby cooking stool,” and it’s kind of a game-changer (if you have a kid; otherwise, useless).
Here’s the deal: I love to cook, and would be delighted if my kid loved it too. To put those wheels in motion, I started sitting him up on the counter next to the stove to cook dinner with me. This sort of worked, but required all sorts of MacGyvering to make sure he didn’t shove his hand directly into the burner or pot. This stool lets him stand at a “safe enough” distance from the stove and bop his spatula around until he gets bored, which is, obnoxiously, never. It’s not cheap, though I’m sure it does other things.
