One of the things I love about this soup is that it’s pureed with my hand blender, then put through a sieve to strain it, so you get the smooth bisque you’re looking for. There’s something about a uniform texture to soup that I really like. Probably because it promises that every spoon will be as good as the one before it, and with a rich soup like this, that’s a really good thing to look forward to. Continue reading
In which I return to the Barnes and Noble at Potomac yards and discover that the New Science Fiction racks have numerous holes in them. Hopefully that means new sf is selling faster than they can keep the shelves full. Actually, I guess that’s what it means anyway. The question is how fast they’re restocking them.
Curious about the Philip K. Dick nominations, I checked with the info-kiosk to see which titles they had in the store. Yarn – 1, Chill – 1, The Reapers are the Angels – 0, Harmony by Project Itoh – never heard of it. Hmmm. Finished Yarn, btw and it’s delightful.
On other notes, I’m looking forward to more controversy about Tiger Moms, Make Magazine takes me back to my model rocket days, Wallpaper rocks, I found the writing section of the magazine rack (not easy), and B&N is the nation’s reading room…
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She turned to me and said
I just don’t get TV
Having grown up
In the jungles of Borneo
With my Peace Corps parents
And stern English nanny
And the treasured books
That I (re)read
By candlelight.
Shhhhhh! I warned her,
As the commercial blared
They’ll hear you.
But she didn’t know
That the Nielsen ears were listening
And the knock at the door
Wasn’t the pizza man
After all. Continue reading
I went out to lunch with some folks yesterday and mentioned the soup blog as we walked to the restaurant. It turned out we were all soup fans, and there was much discussion of what our favorites were, how they were made and what made them special. By the time we were seated we were holding forth with considerable fervor on the subject of food. Continue reading
I just found the list for the Philip K. Dick Award in my inbox (thanks Van Gelder) where it’s been sitting since last night, and I’m moderately mortified to find I haven’t read a single one. Maybe I’ve got that backwards. They look like a pretty good lot, once you get beyond the non-descriptive titles, and are all available in Kindle format for pretty reasonable money. So maybe the purpose of awards has been met, introducing me to books worth considering amidst the crowded shelves.
