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  • Patricia Cornwell: Book of the Dead (Kay Scarpetta, No. 15)

    Patricia Cornwell: Book of the Dead (Kay Scarpetta, No. 15)
    I only put myself through this out of some sick completist compulsion. She jumped the shark when she brought Benton back to life. Although, reading this one reminded me of whatser in Misery. Maybe if someone kidnapped Cornwell ... she would write better books ... Hm.

  • Jennifer 8 Lee: The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food

    Jennifer 8 Lee: The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food
    This was cute, something light to read on vaca. But seriously, when I got to the end, at the big internment camps! reveal? I just thought ... What? She seemed real smart up till now. She couldn't figure that out? This is why an intense history curriculum is the cornerstone of our home education program.

  • Julie Kavanagh: Rudolf Nureyev

    Julie Kavanagh: Rudolf Nureyev
    This is the finest piece of writing I have read in five years, maybe longer -- maybe ever. It is a fascinating biography, sure, but the writing! The writing!! Applause! Clapping! She is drawing from so many sources and narratives and different kinds of material to weave this whole story together, but she makes it look so easy, and it is a technical marvel, aside from a great yarn. The account of his defection is masterful and pulse-pounding and page-turning! Also, when Fillette came to me and asked me why her new school teaches second position differently from her old school: I had a real smart, accurate & informed history-of-ballet answer for her! Five stars!

  • Sheherazade Goldsmith, ed: Slice of Organic Life

    Sheherazade Goldsmith, ed: Slice of Organic Life
    This had pretty photographs and sweet, matter-of-fact introductions to all manner of suburban-y farmstead, carbon-fp-reduction things, without all that kind of wooden-necklace attitude that made that Kingsolver book so insufferable. I fantasized for 8 or 12 whole minutes about keeping bees, but a. don't look good in white and b. neighbor keeps bees and will trade honey for vegetables I grow as ornaments. I love my neighborhood.

  • Debra W. Haffner: From Diapers to Dating : A Parent's Guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Children, from Infancy to Adolescence.

    Debra W. Haffner: From Diapers to Dating : A Parent's Guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Children, from Infancy to Adolescence.
    [while reading this book, I groaned in a singsong, "transphooobiaaaa!" Mari sang back, "Sweeeeediiiiiiiiish!"]
    the one for older children is better, though when my children are actually that age, I may find it as basic as I found this one. apparently, I am totally Swedish in my uptight heart. she talks about not omitting the concepts of family planning, contraception, and HIV transmission from the family's culture of quotidian sex talk, even to the littlest, which was good to remember. also, in the introduction reveals that in 21stc, there are still parents telling children they came from cabbage patch. (not in sweden)

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Early this week, I put Neil Young and the Allman Bros in a very heavy rotation around here, their entire discographies in an alternating fashion and yesterday I was one stick of Juicy Fruit and about 5 degrees from a halter-top.  Ready for summer!  The tomatoes are transplanted!  I might put my panties in yr pocket!  Then today it is about 60 degrees and pouring rain.  Pfft.

There is spinach in our CSA box, though.

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This was good.  Like a vegan saag ... uh ... whatever it is.  The very pretty Santos knows.

Spinach with Chiles & Coconut Milk (again, from Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything Vegetarian.

Put 2 tsp peanut oil in a large saute pan over medium heat.  When hot, add 5 chiles; 5 whole, peeled cloves of garlic; a tsp of yr favorite curry powder.  Give it 30 seconds before throwing in a pound of whole spinach and a cup (or so) of coconut milk.   

Turn the heat way down and leave it, uncovered, for 30-ish minutes, with an occasional stir.  When it is done (in the photo it is not; creamed spinach is pretty non-photogenic), the liquid will have mostly evaporated and the spinach will be quite soft.  Salt to taste, throw in a bit of butter if that is yr thing.   

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i'm actually quite hideous. it looks delicious, whatever it is!

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