Reading words, words, words...
Jan. 9th, 2010 07:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
flyakateI've been working my way through the pile of Peter Wimsey novels that sit on the shelves of my room in my parents' house and, even though I remember who dunnit I am always still a fan of that universe. I finished The Nine Tailors a couple days ago, and pretty close to the denouement in The Five Red Herrings (I am such a sucker for mysteries where they have long re-enactments to either trap the killer or help figure out what happened and this one in particular does that in spades).
Another thing that took up a lovely chunk of my brainspace today (when I wasn't rereading Peppermints in the Parlor, which is such a strange book that it does not surprise me how weird I am if that's what I was reading as a kid) was an article by Michael Pollan about our obsession with cooking shows--or "food shows" as he likes to call them, arguing that there is precious little actual cooking going on. It talks about the recent rise in Julia Child love, as well, and how the cultural trappings around cooking (and how to define cooking, what we think of as cooking now vs. otherwise) have changed. I always enjoy his writing, so go read Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch.
This led me on a merry romp through Google and the like, so I came another interesting read Bread for the Wilderness: Baking As Spiritual Craft by Jay Cooper Rochelle. I like the concept of this.
Helping Mom slice veggies for stir-fry and it reminds me... I am woefully underrepresented with cooking icons. Any suggestions? Generic cooking/baking imagery is really what I need. Mmmm...
Another thing that took up a lovely chunk of my brainspace today (when I wasn't rereading Peppermints in the Parlor, which is such a strange book that it does not surprise me how weird I am if that's what I was reading as a kid) was an article by Michael Pollan about our obsession with cooking shows--or "food shows" as he likes to call them, arguing that there is precious little actual cooking going on. It talks about the recent rise in Julia Child love, as well, and how the cultural trappings around cooking (and how to define cooking, what we think of as cooking now vs. otherwise) have changed. I always enjoy his writing, so go read Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch.
This led me on a merry romp through Google and the like, so I came another interesting read Bread for the Wilderness: Baking As Spiritual Craft by Jay Cooper Rochelle. I like the concept of this.
Helping Mom slice veggies for stir-fry and it reminds me... I am woefully underrepresented with cooking icons. Any suggestions? Generic cooking/baking imagery is really what I need. Mmmm...
