Haines His Way

I've no ideas for a Page Eight Dance.  

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%][shadow=glow,color width,#characters wide][size=8] LARRY MOORE [/size][/shadow][/move]

Have you checked here?

Nope, none of the pups are wearing my glasses.

If Jose doesn't tell me what he's done with them, I'm going to get very testy.

Nope, none of the pups are wearing my glasses.

Did Fletcher possibly eat them?

Did Fletcher possibly eat them?

I wonder if dogs like Pepto-Bismol?

I wonder if dogs like Pepto-Bismol?

Some, but not our white Samoyed who would spit it out and end up with a pink coat.

MEANWHILE...

I've much reading to do.  The shipment from Jessica's Biscuit finally arrived, so I've six new books to dive into.

(This should keep me out of trouble for a little while.)

Not to mention the arrival of the Doctor Who: New Beginnings boxed set, covering the return of The Master and the switch from Tom Baker's Doctor (the Fourth) to Peter Davison's (the Fifth).  I'm savoring these, one episode at a time... a great warmup to the final three stories of the current Doctor Who season on Sci-Fi.

DR SWW -

You've probably got your hands full with those new food books at present.

And yet...there's more for your consideration:

this one
and
this one
and
this one
and
this one!

Does anyone happen to have a copy of the OCR of EDWIN DROOD?  Perhaps, even George?

I do...but it looks like I caught up too late to offer my services. I have the multiple ending CD.  The library where I work bought both versions and they still have circulating copies of each.

Someone's got a mouse...in his pocket.

HAPPIEST OF HAPPY BIRTHDAYS, LARRY.

REMEMBER, YOU'RE NOT GETTING OLDER, YOU'RE GETTING BIETTER

Thanks, DR JMK, but I think you spelled it right the first time!

As the executer I hope you don't need anyone else's signature to sell the property.  My brother didn't.  Are you just being nice & proper, as my brother was, and keeping your siblings informed?

The property is not part of the estate; iut was deeded to the three of us before his death.  However, the property on the land and inside the house are the estate's concern.

DR SWW -

You've probably got your hands full with those new food books at present.

And yet...there's more for your consideration:

For my consideration, perhaps, but...

this one

One of the books that just arrived is the Chez Panisse Menu Cookbook, also by Waters.  (Please notice: 50% off at Jessica's Biscuit).  The Art of Simple Food won't be released until early October, and even with JB's discount (down to $21.00, as opposed to Amazon's $23.10) it runs over my personal rule of not ordering books that are over $15 - I have to keep the expenses down somehow!  And I'd better get through the first volume before tackleing a second by Ms. W.

and
this one

I wasn't that impressed with Bittman's original How To Cook Everything, and rarely turn to it.  And, again, this book hasn't been released as yet, won't be until Oct. 15th.  And, at $23, it's again over my price limit.

and
this one

$16.46 at JB's, $16.47 at Amazon.  Over the price limit.  The good news is that cookbooks don't age the same way as other topics do - my bet is that this will come down in price later on, and will be a good title to add to my wish list.

and
this one!

Now HERE you've got my attention!  This isn't even listed at JB's as yet, and won't be out until early November.  But...

IT'S MICHAEL RUHLMAN!!!  (Oooh!  And he's got a website, too!)

I love his stuff!  His Making Of/Soul Of/Reach Of a Chef trilogy is great reading.  Charcuterie is a book I've frequently loaned to members of the meat department at the store, usually resulting with their buying copies of their own.  Not to mention his work with Thomas Keller (The French Laundry Cookbook and Bouchon).  And his appearance on the Cleveland episode of Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations on the Travel Channel, which had me laughing out loud.  (Bourdain and Ruhlman together are a total dangerous hoot!)  For this, I'll willingly go over my $15 rule.  But I'll bet I can still get it cheaper at Jessica's Biscuit.

Speaking of birthdays...

What are we doing for bk's big milestone in December?

I read this and thought you must be wrong he isn't that old
Oh my God, mine is one day short of one year after Bruce's!  

Just to clarify on what was ordered from Jessica's Biscuit, this first go-round:

The Chez Panisse Menu Cookbook, by Alice Waters.

A Feast Made for Laughter, by Craig Claiborne.  Yep, his memoir where he, perhaps, told too much!

The Secret Life of Lobsters, by Trevor Corson.  I previously enjoyed his The Zen of Fish, all about the world of sushi.

The Bialy Eaters, by Mimi Sheraton.  This, from the back cover:

A passion for bialys, those chewy crusty roles with the toasted onion center, drew Mimi Sheraton to the Polish town of Bialystock to explore the history of this Jewish staple.  Carefully wrapping, drying, and packaging a dozen American bialys to ward off translation problems, she set off from New York in search of the people who invented this marvelous bread.  Instead, she found a place of utter desolation where turn-of-the-century massacres, followed by the Holocaust, had reduced the number of Jewish residents there from fifty thousand to five.

(And the copy that arrived is autographed!  (Her first name, Mimi, looks like a series of lower-case '"u"s.))

And The Cook's Canon: 101 Classic Recipes Everyone Should Know, by Raymond Sokolow.

This collection almost, but not quite, hit the fifty dollar target, something that der Brucer noticed but that I hadn't.  (He does all the on-line ordering in our household.)  So, looking further down the wishlist, he added Book of Spices, by Marie-Francoise Valery, a small but colorful tome on, well, spices.

Why was there a target of fifty dollars?  Because, by adding that last book, he was also able to get me, for free, a Jessica's Biscuit t-shirt and a years subscription to Gourmet Magazine.  The t-shirt, by the way, is quite fetching.