It all starts with a penny.

May 17, 2010

This is my awesome cousin Peggy holding the new book:
which she is published in!

Congrats, Peg!!

I have not personally gotten a hold of my copy yet, but I can’t wait. This is so my kind of book. I am always looking for ways to be thrifty. Like scanning the streets on September 1st for old furniture people are literally throwing away– you know, stuff like that. I hope the Brookline Booksmith carries this book. In fact, I’m going to email my buddy Paul over there and see what the dealio is. If they don’t have it yet they better start ordering!!

“Thrift—the word derives from thrive. Be Thrifty—it’s how to thrive, and feel good and virtuous about it, too.”

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Adult reading…

April 20, 2010

For the last 4 months I’ve been reading children’s books. Oh, and young adult literature too. It’s because I’m in a Children’s/YA Lit class in grad school this semester. I’m really enjoying the class and I DO very much enjoy these books, but I really miss reading grown up books too. It’s practically impossible to do any pleasure reading when you are a student. It’s tragic.

LUCKILY the semester is coming to an end… and so my adult reading commences again. Hallelujah. First up: Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout. My book club is reading this book this month and so far (3 chapters in), so good. It’s the winner of the Pulitzer Prize so I have high expectations. We shall see…!
Other books on my to-read list include:












They both look so good…
Can’t wait till classes are over and I am a free woman again. Summer days will be here soon. And friends, I cannot wait!
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April 18, 2010

“All good books have one thing in common- they are truer than if they really happened, and after you have read one of them you will feel that all that happened, happened to you and then it belongs to you forever.”
Ernest Hemingway

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Julie and Julia

April 16, 2010

I am so excited. I am about to watch Julie and Julia. And when it’s through I am going to be CRAVING boeuf bourguignon. I am also going to be DESPERATELY wishing I had a dutch oven. And butter is going to be my new best friend.

I think this movie is super cute. Besides making me wish I was a cook it makes me want to live in France. It also makes me wish I had a blog (oh wait, I do!). Meryl Streep is fabulous at Julia Childs. I watched a rerun of The French Chef on WGBH last weekend and I was almost convinced they were the same person. BON APPETIT!

I really like Amy Adams too. Especially when she is making that delicious looking chocolate cream pie in the beginning of the movie. I’d like to try a slice of that.


“Chocolate cream pie! You know what I love about cooking? I love that after a day when nothing is sure and when I say nothing, I mean nothing. You can come home and absolutely know that if you add egg yolks to chocolate and sugar and milk, it will get thick. That’s such a comfort.”

This movie has also taught me a few basics about cooking:
1) Don’t crowd the mushrooms.
2) Pat the mean dry before you brown it.
3) You can never have too much butter.


I remember reading the book a few years ago, before the movie came out… it was a pretty good read, but I enjoyed the movie much more. The book is mostly about Julie and her blog and cooking through Mastering the Art of French Cooking. I love how the movie is a split between both Julie and Julia (maybe even a little more Julia, which I like). A decent book… good for back and forth on the train to work.
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