Hey! It’s been quite a while since my last post – sorry for the irregularity. Don’t go thinking that I’ve lost my creativity! It’s been focused in a different room other than my craft space. Yes, I’m talking about the kitchen. Who knew that throwing heat around from the stove during the summer heat could be so satisfying. I’ve actually bought a new cookbook, and been trying out a few of the recipies – most have been of Asian flair so far. They’re fantastic.
Yesterday I made a special point of making a “romantic” dinner for 2.
I’m going to put this out there before I continue to explain why I post about my dinners here. I view the preperation of a meal as an artform. It’s the one thing you can do to involve all of your (and your audience’s) sences. The atmosphere and arangements stimulate sight and sound and smell. Eating it brings in touch and taste – best of all taste. How many times have you considered putting a piece of artwork in your mouth?!
Anyways – back to the dinner. I pulled out all the cheesy stops – Good jazz playing softly in the background, a couple of unscented vegan tea lights on the table, wine glasses with ice water, fresh green tea, matching plates, folded napkins, and good conversation ready on my tongue! That’s just the start of it! The food…. Oh, the food was so good. I’m not tooting my own horn here – I was following someone else’s recepie. It was a Thai dish (I think) – Basil Eggplant dish with rice. It was so so so good.
So, I’m going to shamelessly promote this new cookbook that I got because it’s made me a very happy gal these past few days.
It’s called The Vegan Table, by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau. She’s also the host of a podcast that I adore called, “Vegetarian Food for Thought,” which I listen to religously. I also highly recommend that.
As far as what else has been taking up my time… I’ve been brainstorming and writing a lot. I’ve had crazy urges to be writing lately, and I should be posting some of those on my writing blog over at livejournal.com/grassroots26. Feel free to stop by and read some of the experiments that are already posted. I’m not afraid of criticism either, so feel free to leave comments – I’d LOVE to hear what you think about anything on any of my blogs. Thanks again for reading! Talk at you soon!
~J
