A few weeks ago I made some whole wheat penne with red Swiss chard, pine nuts, and raisins. Mark Bittman's recipe called for currants but I was too lazy to go around the corner and get some. Yes, one of the perks of living in NY is supplies are never far away or hard to get, but alas, you can never overcome laziness no matter where you live. I love Mark Bittman and I want him to be my own personal chef and running partner. Anyway, the penne and chard were delicious and pretty beautiful even though the picture doesn't do the meal justice. (see photo) I know, I'm a weirdo, I photograph my food and I'm not a food stylist. Oh well.
I just finished reading Andromeda Klein by Frank Portman. It was pretty funny in parts; I love how Andromeda misheard things because she thought she had a hearing loss but in reality she only had a lot of wax and gunk in her ears. I love how her bully of a friend Rosalie had different riffs on Andromeda's name, i.e., Dromedary, Andramarama, etc. and followed every insult with "I'm just kidding." Everyone knew a Rosalie, right? But the tarot arcana ad nauseaum really was too much.
Interestingly, I'm reading two Scandinavian books at the same time, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and When the Snow Fell by Henning Mankell. It's Mankell's foray into the lucrative YA market. Hmmm.
I just previewed the post without the space between the paragraphs. Each paragraph came right after the one before but when I publish the post, there is too much space between paragraphs. I don't get it.
I have had the ingredients to make a shrimp bisque for a week, so I think I should go get some fresh fennel and celery and then make the bisque. It is deeeelicious! I got the recipe from the NY Times a couple of months ago. But I just saw two recipes in yesterday's Times for Scallop and Plum ceviche and a tomato gazpacho smoothie that I want to make. Maybe I'll make them this weekend after I get the ingredients at the farmer's market.
