Minor disappointments [books, food]
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rebeccmeisterI went over to Powells today to look at some books, as one does when in Portland.
I had thought maybe The Perfect 100 Day Project book would be interesting, but it intends to refer to a different sort of 100 Day Project than what I had envisioned, more like a daily streak of doing a thing rather than a process whereby a person has an idea for a more ambitious project that will require the sustained focus of 100 days of effort. So I'm glad I had a chance to thumb through the book and then leave it on the shelf, whew!
I also went in search of a copy of The Nordic Cook Book. There was a used copy of The Nordic Baking Book, by the same author, but not the cookbook. TNBB looked really good and interesting, but it is large enough and cost enough that I didn't exactly feel like lugging it around and then home with me. So, once again, I was glad to have a chance to look at it but leave it on the shelf. The same section also contained a cookbook specifically about aebleskiver, which I was also able to leave there, because I don't own an aebleskiver pan and am not devoted to aebleskiver to the point where I'm interested in an entire cookbook about variations on the theme. When it gets down to it, I'm picky about cookbook acquisition.
I *did*, however, appreciate the section in that book that noted that the original instrument used to turn aebleskiver as they cook was a metal knitting needle, ha. The cookbook author noted that one could easily substitute a bamboo skewer instead. There were also instructions on how to produce properly spherical aebleskiver, which was useful to learn about. But that's about all I would ever want out of such a cookbook, so back on the shelf it went!
I had thought maybe The Perfect 100 Day Project book would be interesting, but it intends to refer to a different sort of 100 Day Project than what I had envisioned, more like a daily streak of doing a thing rather than a process whereby a person has an idea for a more ambitious project that will require the sustained focus of 100 days of effort. So I'm glad I had a chance to thumb through the book and then leave it on the shelf, whew!
I also went in search of a copy of The Nordic Cook Book. There was a used copy of The Nordic Baking Book, by the same author, but not the cookbook. TNBB looked really good and interesting, but it is large enough and cost enough that I didn't exactly feel like lugging it around and then home with me. So, once again, I was glad to have a chance to look at it but leave it on the shelf. The same section also contained a cookbook specifically about aebleskiver, which I was also able to leave there, because I don't own an aebleskiver pan and am not devoted to aebleskiver to the point where I'm interested in an entire cookbook about variations on the theme. When it gets down to it, I'm picky about cookbook acquisition.
I *did*, however, appreciate the section in that book that noted that the original instrument used to turn aebleskiver as they cook was a metal knitting needle, ha. The cookbook author noted that one could easily substitute a bamboo skewer instead. There were also instructions on how to produce properly spherical aebleskiver, which was useful to learn about. But that's about all I would ever want out of such a cookbook, so back on the shelf it went!
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