Sounds like Emily doesn’t like waking up to fresh baked pizza for lunch from her loving father in a house large enough to have a yard you can build a pizza oven in. Poor Emily, she must live a really difficult life.

This is basically what I say to my wife when I get an idea like this and the result of said idea will only benefit her. Her response is almost always something to the effect of “well ok hang on”. Lady, I know you well enough to know the things you like. Let me help you

My wife has learned by now that I follow through.

She won a gift certificate to a kitchen store and I asked for, and reluctantly got, a cast iron pan.

Dozens of delicious pizzas (and other stuff) later she just buys me kitchen stuff she thinks I can use.

I feel you. We have fantastic cookware. We almost never use it. Why? I don’t know how many years ago, I told my wife i wanted to buy a cast iron pan so sorry i know the budget’s tight but i’m spending some date money. three date nights later, she told me we needed another pan.

We now have two cast iron skillets and a cast iron bread pan, which was used on the last loaf I posted. (It has a top so you get the full extra crust)

I love cooking for her.