OK, so a dustpan and brush might not make it to the top of the Christmas list, but among enamel dishes, bundles of candles, baskets and pressed linens there is bound to be something that fits the bill – try corkscrews, leather gloves and tin whistles for stocking fillers.
When I worked on the Sunday Telegraph a decade ago, the fax machine was strategically placed above the waste paper basket so that press releases went straight into what we called the round filing cabinet.
Fresh news releases pile up in baskets outside dingy press row, labored over for hours but destined to be unread.
Far less is at stake in Thompson's tale, in which what passes for drama comes when, having been accidentally whisked away to Scotland inside a basket, Peter is pressed into playing an ancient hurling game against a champion radish-tosser, described by the author as a "huge black rabbit in a kilt".
The Knicks surged again, using a full-court press, a basket by Ward and a dunk and two foul shots by Camby to cut the deficit to 76-74 with 25.4 seconds to go.
Someone has already bought the T-Fal 2-Slice Chrome Toaster, but an as-yet-unclaimed ice cream scoop, whisk and straw dispenser might fill a nice gift basket for Mr. Cohen, a press agent (please don't call him a publicist) who says he kept his Upper West Side apartment but lost part of its contents in his recent divorce.
Place the garlic inside the basket area of the press.
She presses the basket to her side, and through the cellophane Jana sees a packet of muffin mix and some scattered caramels.
And in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, in the 10-by-10-foot 10-by-10-foot 10-by-10-foot 10-by-10-foots seem to multiply as he flips backitchenofThatetween his stove, flattop, panini press and a Barket fryer.
ROOM SERVICE The Parmesan baked eggs with pancetta, salsa verde, bread crumbs and cream ($12) was tasty but heavy; it arrived at 8 30 a.m., as promised, along with the complimentary French press coffee and basket of pastries (a bit on the dry side, but the excellent house-made strawberry jam helped make up for it).
