I’m contemplating trying this recipe for ratatouille for my inaugural use of our new mandoline.

Now that we have a mandoline, the only kitchen gadget I can think of that we’re lacking is a hand mixer, which would be useful for my specialty - soups.* The question is - do any of my dozen or so regular readers recommend a particular brand or model? Or is it a case of six of one, half dozen of another?

*Allright, maybe it’s an exaggeration to say I have a ’specialty’ - safer to say that when I fire up the stove, more often than not I’m making soup.

Sauteed asparagus is definitely a specialty though.