Mezzaluna

Nigella chopped her parsley with an attractive gadget in her programme this week. It’s called a “mezzaluna”. A good friend had sent me a John Lewis card for my birthday and I decided it would be a useful and interesting addition to my kitchen equipment.

I emailed him to say thank you and say what I’d bought and he was pleased, adding that it looked far safer than a sharp knife.

It’s arrived.
I unpacked it, carefully.
But as I put it cautiously back in its box I managed a small neat slice in one of my fingers. (Not a medical emergency, I must add, but annoying and a timely reminder of reality.)

Not, perhaps, as glamorous as Nigella - and the box didn’t use its Italian title. No, it’s just a “herb chopper” to them.

And it hasn’t even been near any parsley or anything yet !

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