Well, I meant to introduce new books every other week, or something like that, when I put the first 5 books up...and that was what...two months ago or something?
Anyway - finally - here's a new list of books I've put out there for you...not so much cookbooks this time (though there are recipes in almost all of them) but books about the people who cook...or about wine. That just happens to be where my interests lie this time around.
A few more thoughts that didn't make it into the "notes" sections of some of these...
Julia is here again, only this time the book is about her rather than by her. Whenever I feel like I am running out of time to do "something" with my life, I think about the fact that she was older than I am when she became "The French Chef" and the first really big food tv personality. As I've said before, I grew up watching her old shows on PBS. I can hear the theme song from "The French Chef" playing in my head right now. And yes, "Julia" is actually a name we are considering for our daughter...
And Jacques - I remember watching him on PBS (sounds almost like it's pledge season and this is my subtle way of getting you to call in and give your support, huh?) years ago - and he made this Bavarian Wheat Cake (if I find the recipe I'll post it) - it was kind of a custard-based cream-of-wheat cake - very different...but the thing that impressed - and inspired - me was the decorating he did. Very simple - just piped some melted chocolate into a design of a vase with some flowers coming out of it...then filled in the flowers and sections of the vase with apricot jam that had been thinned a bit and tinted red and green (and a batch was left apricot-colored). The effect was like a stained-glass window. Very simple and very beautiful. I made that cake - right down to the vase-and-flowers design - for my mother's birthday that year.
Anyway, sorry it took so long for me to post some new books - and I hope you get acquainted with at least one of them.
