It seems that suddenly everyone is getting a FACEBOOK account. Does it seem like that to you or is it just me? Or maybe it's just that suddenly I've become more engaged by it...I signed up 3 years ago when my cousin in Canada asked me too, but I never communicated with anyone but her! Then in the last 6 months I have had lots of friend requests and friend suggestions and have had all little slivers of my life show up. It's very weird! Nice, but weird!
So that's all. I was just thinking about that and thought I'd throw it out there. What are your thoughts?
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Saturday, February 14, 2009
The School of Essential Ingredients
When I first heard about The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister I KNEW that I would like it. Number 1, I love to read. Number 2, it was a book about a cooking school and I love to cook. But when I got the book and started to read it, it was more than "like" - I LOVED IT! I really just ate it up! (Pun totally intended!)
Each chapter focuses on one of the students in the class and explores how food and cooking has touched their lives. The characters are all different ages, come from different backgrounds and have had unique experiences and yet, the cooking of a meal brings them all together with a common thread. Each of their personal stories are beautifully written and melt together in this book like a warm and gooey brie cheese!
In the very first chapter I felt giddy as her main character described a zester:
"Lillian smiled. She felt about her zester the way some women do about a pair of spiky red shoes-a frivolous splurge, good only for parties, but oh so lovely. The day Lillian had found the little utensil at a garage sale a year before, she had brought it to Abuelita, face shining. She didn't even know what it was for back then, she just knew she loved its slim stainless-steel handle, the fanciful bit of metal at the working end with it's five demure little holes, the edges scalloped around the openings like frills on a petticoat. There were so few occasions for a zester, using it felt like a holiday."
Who among the lovers of cooking don't smile to themselves and feel a tug to the kitchen after reading that paragraph? The way Bauermeister writes is full...and descriptive...and comes together like a really good recipe. It touched me and, like a great recipe, I want to share it with all my friends!
This review was posted happily for MomCentral.com (MotherTalk Reviews)
Each chapter focuses on one of the students in the class and explores how food and cooking has touched their lives. The characters are all different ages, come from different backgrounds and have had unique experiences and yet, the cooking of a meal brings them all together with a common thread. Each of their personal stories are beautifully written and melt together in this book like a warm and gooey brie cheese!
In the very first chapter I felt giddy as her main character described a zester:
"Lillian smiled. She felt about her zester the way some women do about a pair of spiky red shoes-a frivolous splurge, good only for parties, but oh so lovely. The day Lillian had found the little utensil at a garage sale a year before, she had brought it to Abuelita, face shining. She didn't even know what it was for back then, she just knew she loved its slim stainless-steel handle, the fanciful bit of metal at the working end with it's five demure little holes, the edges scalloped around the openings like frills on a petticoat. There were so few occasions for a zester, using it felt like a holiday."
Who among the lovers of cooking don't smile to themselves and feel a tug to the kitchen after reading that paragraph? The way Bauermeister writes is full...and descriptive...and comes together like a really good recipe. It touched me and, like a great recipe, I want to share it with all my friends!
This review was posted happily for MomCentral.com (MotherTalk Reviews)
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Jonas Mania
Well if you haven't heard of the phenomenon that is the Jonas Brothers I just don't know what to tell you! They are just everywhere - even on stage with Stevie Wonder at the Grammy's! My 14 year old daughter is already "over" them, but I think my 11 year old son is secretly singing and doing dance moves in his room!
If you need a formal introduction, there will be a dazzling event held on Thursday February 26th, 12:01am at the historic and beautiful El Capitan Theater and in the center of the dazzle will be the Jonas Brothers! But in 3D!!!! Disney is launching the debut of the Jonas Brothers 3D Concert Experience with exclusive giveaways for everyone who attends the opening weekend event. (The show runs February 27 through March 12.)
I'd tell you to mention it to your teen daughters, but 10 to 1 they already know about and can tell YOU a thing or two about how to order tickets!
Disney never fails to deliver on a spectacular, so if you have the time - go revel in the teenage heart throbs of 2009 like you did David Cassidy back in 1975!
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