I have a LARGE store of oils, vinegars and mustards. Many more items than most home cooks like to stock. Some of these I use daily, some I use perhaps a half dozen times a year. But generally there is a story behind each one of them - where I found it, why I bought it, how I got it home with me (usually in a suitcase).

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I am particularly attracted to crocks and painted labels or in the case of Druz and Palestinian and Judean olive oil - reused cola bottles. These items are always heavy and take up a lot of space in the kitchen. But when I open the drawer that holds them it makes me smile. A whole menagerie of distilled tastes.

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I also have a lot of alcohol.