Doyo Choi Choi itibaren Hagudi, Rapla County, Estonya itibaren Hagudi, Rapla County, Estonya

Yum! Bu muhteşem bir kitap ve bir gün kalıcı koleksiyonumda olmasını çok isterim. Yılın herhangi bir zamanında yapabileceğim bazı cazip tarifler buldum. Fotoğraflar harika ve Şükran Günü'nden 4 Temmuz'a kadar ve Paskalya, Hanuka, vb. İçin tarifler ve yeni veganların (veya tatil şenlikleri) vegan Paskalya şekeri bulmak gibi. Yemek yapmayı seviyorsanız ve mutfakta deneyiminiz varsa, gerçekten bir tatil yemeği için süslü bir şey yapabileceğiniz yeterli "wow" yemekleri olduğunu seviyorum. Ancak, tariflerin çoğu, benim gibi göreceli acemiler tarafından bile kolayca yönetilebilir ve hala etkilemeyi başarır. Muhtemelen şimdiye kadar bu tariflerden dört veya beşini yaptım ve hepsini beğendim. Gerçekten, gerçekten harika!

Büyüleyici öncül: gerçek bir insan gibi eski, efsanevi bir karakter etrafında bir hikaye yaratın, ama destansı şiir "gerçek" yaşamına kanıyor. Ancak bitiremedim, çünkü hikayenin ipliğini kaybetmeye devam ettim ve bir oturuşta bitirmemi sağlayacak kadar zorlayıcı olmadı.

Delightfully funny... Mostly harmless...

Kyoki Mori delivers a moving account of her life by threading together various knitting projects with different episodes in her life. As Mori's story unravels, you share pain when she loses her mother, the frustration she feels with her family, the slow demise of her marraige and the joy she finds when she takes charge of her life. I don't read many memoirs, but I thoroughly enjoyed Mori's story. Though at times the story is slow-paced, threads of Mori's youth weave seamlessly with lessons she learns as adult. Each section in the book corresponds with a different project, and they range in their difficulty: scarves, cardigans, fair isle, etc. At one point she compares her marriage to instarsia -- her and husband come together when it suits them, knitting together the image the pattern calls for, but when the image is done, they separate until the next pattern. The book jumps back and forth a lot from Mori's youth to her present day, but Mori is so frank and honest about her life that the way she tells her story works beautifully. Though Mori is a drastically different type of woman than I am, she is comfortable in her own skin and in the end I admire her strength and courage. "Yarn -- Remembering the Way Home" is more than just the memoir of a knitter. It's a story woven together in pieces, and much like in a knitted garment, the end result is worth it.

Well, I haven't actually *read* either one of the two. But from my perusal I just know I probably will never read them. However, they were a gift. OTOH I'm practically anti-sentimental. Maybe they'll be worth something.

Another wonderful Landvik novel!! From back cover: "Best friends fast approaching forty in the small Minnesota town of Flame Lake, Devera and BiDi were recently voted 'Least Changed' at their twentieth high school reunion-a label neither one finds very appealing. For each craves a change in her life: Devera desires a break from her humdrum marital routine; BiDi longs to reconnect with her distant fourteen-year-old daughter (the only girl on the high school hockey team), not to mention jump-start a sex drive stuck in neutral. So when Devera's husband decides to fulfill his longtime dream of opening a nightclub in his basement, Your Oasis on Flame Lake arrives not a moment too soon. Nothing fancy, it's just a BYOB joint where you can hang out, sing, dance, tell jokes, and be yourself. But then an unexpected crisis throws both families into chaos, forcing them all to take stock of their lives-and learn the power of forgiveness."