Rosemary Cyprus Flake Finishing Sea Salt

Confession: I am obsessed with all things Williams Sonoma.  Seriously.  If you ever want to make me happy, take me there, leave me with your unlimited credit card (and authorized use!) and set me free.  I'd be the happiest girl on the block.  In fact, there's not much that this girl wouldn't do to make that situation happen--so now you know your bargaining power. 

Pre-kiddo; I lingered there for hours, dreaming of all the things I'd create, and looking over all the must have items for my kitchen.  These days, my fling with WS is limited to the rare Sunday mornings I schlep out of bed and make it to a class (hey Hartel, are you listening--lets go again soon, please!) and I usually run out quickly because moms guilt kicks in and I feel like I should be home cleaning or something other than enjoying myself.  (What's with that, btw?  Why do I feel guilty taking time to myself?)  At any rate; the last time I was rushing through heaven, I saw gourmet sea salts and was all "oooh, Martha totally has those.  I need those."  But I didn't grab them.

Until Christmas. 

Don't tell my husband, but I totally splurged and spent faaar to much money on a Christmas gift to myself--sea salts.  (Hold your judgment; I realize that's a silly thing to splurge on..) Guess what?  I TOTALLY needed them.  They're amazing, and I can't even imagine how I lived without them?

Brussels Sprouts?  Yup, those babies got doctored up with some fancy salts--and guess what?  I LOVE BRUSSELS SPROUTS!  I never knew that until these salts came along.  I also fancied up macaroni and cheese, Chilean Sea Bass, steak, and some seriously good soup over the past few weeks.  Each recipe, carefully crafted and made exceptional by one of the carefully chosen and gourmet sea salts.  The Contessa has nothing on me.

The point?  Remember a million blogs back, when I told you I tend to hyper-focus on things I love, until I've either perfected them; or exhausted myself playing with a new ingredient?  Brace yourself--we're in that territory, and there are a ton of salts in my kitchen now. 

If you're reading this though, you probably like to cook---so do yourself a favor and run out and grab these babies.  You won't be sorry, I promise.  You're going to need them to recreate my next million recipes or so.  They're easy to find online, and also at Home Goods. 

Just remember, if you do pick these up--don't tell my husband how much I blew on salt.  :)