In Other Sur La Table News
Have you been eying that totally awesome flame colored Le Creuset French oven for years? Maybe it’s the grill pan your heart has fluttered for but you just couldn’t bring yourself to pull the trigger, plunk down the dough, and walk away with it for fear you might not use it.
Well if poop brown will do instead, they’re 25% at Sur La Table because most people apparently are not okay with poop brown; meaning they’re on clearance.
Side Notes…
It really bothers me that this is the bestselling Le Creuset item at Amazon.
is the bestselling Le Creuset item at Amazon.Has anyone tried one of these Lodge enameled Dutch ovens? They’re about 1/4 the cost of Le Creuset.
Update: Mike Sweeney pointed out that the 1/4 cost Lodge ovens have two coats of enamel and the heavier duty six coat ones are quite a bit more; though they’re still cheaper than Le Creuset.
Update2: It would have been so much cooler if I’d have actually had the right link in the first one.
5 Responses to “In Other Sur La Table News”
I’m getting the same item in your first two Amazon links, Bill. Maybe it’s just me though.
I bought a cheap one from Ikea, haven’t actually used it yet. I recommended the cheaper Lodge to a friend, and he’s had good things to say.
By Dan D. on Apr 24, 2008
It would have been so much cooler if I’d have actually had the right link in the first one.
It’s fixed now, and the Le Creuset disgrace can once again live on.
By Bill Burge on Apr 24, 2008
Well, I can’t say we don’t have something sort of similar in our own kitchen. At least it’s not eight ounces though. It works for polenta, so it’s not totally useless.
By Dan D. on Apr 26, 2008
Call me xenophobic or whatever, but I am tired of seeing stuff marketed by venerable American companies that’s actually made by some copy-cat outfit in China. I wouldn’t go out of my way to pay full retail for Le creuset, but if you look there are deals to be had. Besides, this is something you’ll enjoy until you die and it ends at an estate sale or with an ungrateful relative. When the exchange rate was better, going to France as a part of a vacation to outfit a kitchen actually made sense.
By mister on Apr 28, 2008
Wow!! Cool design!!
By Gabriella on May 27, 2008