Jenn’s Books

Title: The Joy of Cooking Author: Marion Rombauer Becker Format: Hardbound

If you do not have a copy of this book, my question to you is “How do you cook?” This is my bible in the kitchen. Last Thanksgiving was my first Thanksgiving cooking almost everything (my boyfriend made the garlic mash potatoes and they were so good!). The thing I like about Joy of Cooking is that it has general advice as well as specific recipes. So I had an idea for a sauce for the turkey consisting of red wine, rosemary, and a stick of butter. Off to the Joy of Cooking I went. So for a perfect bird, start with it breast down. I was quite pleased; I only caught myself on fire once, and the turkey was so juicy and delicious. I had a friend over who grew up in Japan and had never had turkey before so I was glad that it turned out perfect. Otherwise she would have gone home and told her mom “why do they have a holiday where all they do is eat this nasty meat?” I have found the book to be useful for all sorts of things outside of turkey. It’s got all of the basics of cooking. This is the perfect thing to give someone who is going away to college or someone who is getting married or someone who doesn’t have one.
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Title: The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer Author: Ridley Pearson as Joyce Reardon Format: Mass Market

So I am a sucker for Stephen King. As much as I pick his stories to bits, I keep coming back for more. I saw Rose Red one Halloween with friends and couldn’t stop laughing. I saw it as a comedy. The pizza delivery guy can make it to the house and back out again, but no one else can? If the pizza delivery guy is writing the whole story I guess that’s possible. Back at work, everyone starts looking for the new book by the “King of Horror”. Well it’s not over in ‘K’. We had it some place different each week. I finally read it after all of the madness had died down. I did like way it was laid out, very much like a diary from the turn of the century. It almost felt like this woman was talking to me, a very breathy sort of tone. All in all it was a basic ghost story. I am lucky enough to live semi-close to the Winchester Mystery House, and I just kept imagining that I was in that house. Even though it was just a simple ghost story, I thought it was very entertaining.
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Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.

~Jessamyn West

Posted on August 9th, 2006

So again I am really sorry. The new reviews will be out tomorrow. I really hate pain killers.

I know every book of mine by its smell, and I have but to put my nose between the pages to be reminded of all sorts of things.

~George Robert Gissing

Posted on August 8th, 2006

Sorry about the lateness of this quote. The doctor gave me a local anaesthetic for my knee so that she could pull some fluid from it, but the pulling failed. So now I am just dizzy and nauseous, and no closer to finding out what is wrong with me. So hopefully I can get tomorrow’s reviews out on time. If not, well it will be Thursday. Oh, and thanks to my aunt Murgy for telling my mom in detail about this site (my mom has a deep hatred for computers).

Let books be your dining table,
And you shall be full of delights
Let them be your mattress
And you shall sleep restful nights.

~Author Unknown

Posted on August 7th, 2006

Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.

~P.J. O’Rourke

Posted on August 6th, 2006

If anyone was at the Fremont Art and Wine festival today, could you please tell me who the super yummy Raspberry Hard Cider was made by? It was so good. I hate the taste of alcohol, and this one didn’t have any taste of it that I could find. It was like bubbly raspberry juice. So if you could let me know who makes it, and if they have a website, that would be awesome. Thanks!

A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear it will go off in your face. It is one of the few havens remaining where a man’s mind can get both provocation and privacy.

~Edward P. Morgan

Posted on August 5th, 2006

Live from WordCamp 2006 San Francisco!! Big thanks to Matt, creator of WordPress. He threw an awesome conference. Great BBQ, lots of very informative speakers, and neat venue. For those that were there, I was the girl in all black on the light colored cane. For those that I did get to talk too, please send me a comment with your blog so that I can blogroll you! For those that just picked up my card, contact me anyway! I am always looking for new ideas and people. Otherwise, thanks again to the entire WordPress team and I hope to see you all next year!

I’ve never known any trouble that an hour’s reading didn’t assuage.

~Charles de Secondat, Baron de la Brède et de Montesquieu, Pensées Diverses

Posted on August 4th, 2006

It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.

~Oscar Wilde

Posted August 4th, 2006

I’m sorry!!! I was caught up with school stuff and my mother. Books are my love, but school is a necessity. But for my screw-up, you get two quotes today!

There’s nothing to match curling up with a good book when there’s a repair job to be done around the house.

~Joe Ryan

Posted on August 2nd, 2006

This one seemed appropriate for today. The house is a mess, and I spend most of the day reading. Oh well, there is always tomorrow.