Thanks for the warm welcome. I ordered my TM 31 yesterday from Canada. I live in the States and it is not sold here anymore. Nobody can tell me why. They say a new one will be coming out in 2011 for the US. I don't want to wait that long!!I will be sharing my favorite recipes with you all once I translate them from German into English and from grams into ounces, which I will have to do for my daughter so she can use the TM 21. One thing I have not mastered yet is how to cook rice in the Thermomix. Any tips from anybody? Right now I am washing windows and bring all my flowers in from the outside, freezing temperatures are just around the corner for us.How is the weather where you are?Countrygirl