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The things we do for books...
Sep. 1st, 2007 08:21 pmThis morning ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
maudlinrose, tamaraillow and I were all up at our usual Monday morning time. We had left the house by 7.45am and caught the 8.00am Wilton into town for a very important event: the 11th annual DCM bookfair.
Last year, I gave myself a $100 limit and spent about $60. This year, I gave myself a $40 limit and spent that exactly (assuming I don't go back tomorrow to check out the non-fiction). Nothing I would count as a real find this year, except maybe Briar Rose by Jane Yolen, part of the Fairytales series. Not a huge amount from my list, either. I picked up six of the Myth books by Robert Asprin and random Anne McCaffrey. The only Pratchett book I found I already own. I did get another copy of The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold though, so if you or anyone you know would like this copy, please let me know.
And the wind was lovely today; I managed to hang out two loads of washing before we left and another once we got home and it all dried, the last load only needing a short time in the dryer to make sure it was completely dry. But I now have clean sheets and pillowcases and duvet covers and pyjamas for when I go to bed tonight which will make very happy.
I am going to make two types of pesto to take to the bake off on Monday along with fresh bread and hummus. I will provide rock salt and oil for dipping as well, but I'm not making those. Might put balasmic vinegar in the oil as well, because that would be neat. Tonight I'm going to make the pesto; the chickpeas for the hummus are soaking at the moment. Sincetamarillow bought Stephanie's Cooks Companion and both it and The Joy of Cooking have pesto and hummus receipes, I will probably use a mixture. I plan to make one lot of basil pesto and one of coriander and cashew pesto (probably with parsley also, since something has been nibbling away at the coriander I planted recently and thus we do not have enough).
maudlinrose, tamaraillow and I were all up at our usual Monday morning time. We had left the house by 7.45am and caught the 8.00am Wilton into town for a very important event: the 11th annual DCM bookfair. Last year, I gave myself a $100 limit and spent about $60. This year, I gave myself a $40 limit and spent that exactly (assuming I don't go back tomorrow to check out the non-fiction). Nothing I would count as a real find this year, except maybe Briar Rose by Jane Yolen, part of the Fairytales series. Not a huge amount from my list, either. I picked up six of the Myth books by Robert Asprin and random Anne McCaffrey. The only Pratchett book I found I already own. I did get another copy of The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold though, so if you or anyone you know would like this copy, please let me know.
And the wind was lovely today; I managed to hang out two loads of washing before we left and another once we got home and it all dried, the last load only needing a short time in the dryer to make sure it was completely dry. But I now have clean sheets and pillowcases and duvet covers and pyjamas for when I go to bed tonight which will make very happy.
I am going to make two types of pesto to take to the bake off on Monday along with fresh bread and hummus. I will provide rock salt and oil for dipping as well, but I'm not making those. Might put balasmic vinegar in the oil as well, because that would be neat. Tonight I'm going to make the pesto; the chickpeas for the hummus are soaking at the moment. Since
tamarillow bought Stephanie's Cooks Companion and both it and The Joy of Cooking have pesto and hummus receipes, I will probably use a mixture. I plan to make one lot of basil pesto and one of coriander and cashew pesto (probably with parsley also, since something has been nibbling away at the coriander I planted recently and thus we do not have enough).