Potpourri

January, 2006

Seasoning Your DrumsticksFor 40 years Vic Firth has been churning out the finest drumsticks in the biz from his Newport, Maine factory, for garage rockers and great jazz drummers alike. Somewhere along the line, he must've gotten hungry. His latest (drumroll, please): a line of handcrafted wooden salt and pepper mills, available at vicfirth.com. Pictured from left: the Tronco ($40 to $44), the Mario Batali Signature Series ($31 to $63) and the Lighthouse ($33 to $40). Price depends on size and c...