There was a time, a few years ago, when I suddenly became very self-conscious about the fact that I did not own a waffle maker. Despite spending many lazy weekend mornings making waffles as a kid, I had never, in my adult life, sought out a waffle maker. Maybe it was the space they take up (which can be a lot for someone with a kitchen as small as mine!). Maybe it was the fact that they are good for making exactly one thing (how very Alton Brown of me!). Maybe it was simply a desire to leave the complexities of waffle making to the professionals.

Then suddenly, this past summer, something came over me and I needed a waffle maker. It was as if not having a waffle maker was a symbol of all that was wrong in the world and if I had a waffle maker all would be right. I was torn between the fancy, flipping-upside-down Belgian style ones and the classic flat versions. All the reviews I came across basically said that nothing compared to the antique Sunbeam waffle irons that had been in the someone’s family for decades. Well, of course I had to search around Ebay for weeks, ok, months, until a classic Sunbeam showed up that wasn’t going to cost more than the value of the waffle iron in shipping.

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