Taste- Praises a Plenty

This Christmas Ryan and Britt got me a beautiful veggie cook book called Plenty. Have you heard of it? The author is a meat eating chef in London named Yotam Ottolenghi and I love him! His recipes are easy and so friggin flavorful.

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I couldn't resist trying the cover recipe of eggplant with buttermilk sauce and zatar. It was a hit! I would deffinitely use this one again for entertaining. It was so easy and would really make people think you tried extra hard.

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Next up is this mushroom polenta. Can you just taste it now?! The mushrooms at the grocery store are gorgeous right now and I can't wait to get my hands on them.

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Yotam's first cookbook was also a success simply named Ottolenghi- The Cookbook. And well my birthday is coming up so you know......just sayin'. ;)

What cookbooks or recipes are you loving right now?

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You're off the list!

That's it! I have had the book Eat Pray Love on my book list for so long. At first I put it down because it was back in 2006 when my depression hit that public space. I could no longer contain it or hide it from people. It was affecting my every day life. When I started reading this book everything the author said about depression rang a little too true for me. The part where she says it feels like people coming univited into your mind and room. That they won't leave you alone just sitting there making you feel worse and worse. Then there was all that crying she did balled up on the floor. I just had to put it down. I wasn't ready.
I went back again and again as I got better and was finally strong enough to get through it. And you know what? It's kinda boring. I can't stand the way Gilbert explains everything so intensly. Mainly the origin of every word. Like really? Blah blah blah! I found myself skipping and skimming and trying hard to get to the next chapter. Even my love for food and Rome and talking about food didn't keep me interested.
I wanted to finish it. I thought it seems so like me I SHOULD finish it. Maybe it will help me?
But that's it. Too boring, too annoying! Eat Pray Love you are off the list!
Love and Hugs.

P.S. Did you see the movie? Apparently its pretty bad as it talks nothing of Liz's struggle through depression. (the main part of the book!) Hmmmmmm.

Oh Frig I need a computer lesson

Hi guys, my post for today is about my new Kindle but for some reason it is showing up under Jan 18th. So you have to scroll down my page to see it. Sorry everybody! I need to take a HTML class or something and be more professional and less pissed off at my skills all the time. :)
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Book Love

So I have listed the books I have read and finished and a few I haven’t to the right of this blog. I love reading book lists on other people’s blog like Simone’s. I am astounded at her list of “books read in 2009” It’s as long as the list of books I read in my lifetime. I came to reading late. I think I read my first book voluntarily when I was 22 years old? I always thought people who read books were so cool, but I was too lazy. Eventually all that laziness and jealously pushed me into reading something. It was the Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. My new friend Donna Folmer was reading it and I wanted to be just like her. And so it started. I felt so good when I finished a book. It was like all the things I did in my past that I never finished and felt guilty about couldn’t touch this. I felt smart and started reading the book section of the Globe and Mail writing lists of books I wanted to read in the future. I started making mathematical equations of how many books I could read in one year and then for the rest of my life. (HA!) I then would record every book I read on a piece of paper and keep it in each book I was currently reading just like a player has a list of his/her sexual conquests. I think they do that right? Anyways…. That’s how I remembered and posted all the books on the list of this blog.
So if you get the chance to read through my book list and have any suggestions of future books for me to read or even want to share your lists or critiques of the books I’ve read I would love to hear them. (I'm looking at you Britt, your ferocious reader you!) Also there are a few questions in my book list that I need the answers to. Thanks guys!
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