Dear Lagostina,
I recently had the good fortune to win one of your fine cookware sets in a competition my local grocers was having, and I wanted to take this opportunity to ask a few questions and make a few observations.
1st, that it's made in China. That's OK, because I know that Lagostina is a very expensive make of cookware and so this probably isn't like other things made in China for low salaries in slum factories. But China is a big place and I was wondering if you could tell me where in China exactly it was made, so that if I ever go there I could meet the people who made my cookware and tour the factory. I'll bet it's something, huh?
2ndly, my particular set didn't come with all the vegetables on the box. If you look at the box you'll see there's lots of fresh tasty vegetables, and when I got it I didn't open it to check, but when I got it home I was kind of hungry and wanted something to eat, and as there are no clean dishes here I thought I'd whip out my new Lagostina Cookware and whip myself up a veggie stir fry. Mmmm mmmm mmm. There'd be asparagus and roasted red and yellow peppers, green onions and chillies tossed in a light olive oil and peppercorn dressing. The broccoli could wait for the kids. I would eat it out of the pots with my fingers just like the Italians do.
So you can imagine my chagrin and disappointment when I couldn't find any vegetables in the box whatsoever. I took it completely apart and couldn't find a single vegetable. Not a one. It seems a bit like misleading advertising.
I was sure glad I didn't invite the clerk back to my place for a vegetable stir fry. Imagine how that would have looked.
Otherwise I'm very happy with my cookware set, thank you. It's very shiny just like it shows on the box, and there are 10 pieces (I counted them) but no vegetables. Of course I haven't used it yet because there was nothing to cook with it but I can imagine that in time I will come to love and heartily endorse this product.
Sincerely yours,
Happy (but Hungry) Contest Winner