Deep In the Mines

Posted by on Feb 8, 2008 in dish | 1 comment I’m always behind in my reading. Always. I finally get around to reading the hot popular thing a couple of years late, when it’s no longer hot and or quite so popular. Harry was staring into the Goblet of Fire when I finally read about the Sorcerer’s Stone, for instance.So of course it’s long past the publication date by the time I crack the cover of Barbara...
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Books and Cooks: Fall On Your Knees

Posted by on Jan 22, 2008 in dish | 2 comments WE’RE READING: I’M SERVING: SCOTCH EGGSThis one was a wild ride. Basically, take nearly every dysfunction you can think of, pack it into a dreary gray setting, stir, and allow to fester. I can totally understand why it was an Oprah pick–it’s pretty dark. At the same time, there are some laugh-out-loud moments.Fall On Your Knees is the story of the Piper family of Cape...
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Books and Cooks: Christmas Edition

Posted by on Dec 19, 2007 in dish | 0 comments I’M GIVING: I’M SERVING: MOROCCAN COUSCOUS AND VEGETABLESNovember’s Books and Cooks got pre-empted because so many of us couldn’t make it. We were supposed to have read Stolen Lives. I bought a copy. It’s been riding around in the trunk of my car for a month and a half. I know it’s an inspirational story of the indomitable human spirit, but I just...
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Books and Cooks: Eat, Pray, Love

Posted by on Oct 23, 2007 in dish | 0 comments WE’RE READING: I’M SERVING: FEIJOADA (BRAZILIAN BLACK BEAN STEW)An old friend of mine (Macy O’Neal, holla!) recommended this to me, so I included it in my choice list when I hosted Bs&Cs last month. It won, so there you have it. Briefly, Elizabeth Gilbert goes through an horrific divorce, then spends a year finding out who she really is through the pursuit of pleasure in...
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Books and Cooks: The Other Boleyn Girl

Posted by on Sep 18, 2007 in dish | 0 comments WE’RE READING: I’M SERVING: NUTTY CHEESY “SALLET”Back to School means we’re back to Book Club. For this kickoff, Books and Cooks will take place at Chez mimi, so that means lots of running around and stashing and freaking and spraying and dusting and wiping and vacuuming, which isn’t such a bad thing, but harrowing if you try to do it all in oh, say, three...
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