Well, I did read a lot. I read 42 books this summer, most of them were fluff. This is a good time of year for new books. Many publishers bring out new books in the fall. Maybe so people will buy them as Christmas gifts. I try to get most of them from the library, but I will be buying the new William Kent Krueger mystery. Also, my favorite author Diana Gabaldon is publishing the 7th "Claire and Jamie" book, "An Echo in the Bone" in 12 days. Just 12 days!
There is not enough time to read all the good books out there. If you are ever wondering what to read, I have a cool link for you. You type in the name of an author you like, and this site shoots out a grouping of similar authors. It's fun to watch. It's called "Literature Map" and it's at http://www.literature-map.com/
I found that site by blog hopping. See up at the top of my blog where it says, "Next Blog"? If you click that, you go to a stranger's blog. It's different each time. Some of them are in foreign languages, then you have to make up the photo captions for yourself. It's a real slice out of someone else's real life. They WANT you to read them, they posted them on the web!
I like to read cookbooks, too. I get a lot of the shiny, celebrity chef ones from the library. Jamie Oliver (the "Naked Chef" who, sadly, is never naked) has the most gorgeous photos in his books. They are food porn. The Julia Child book isn't. I'm thinking of selling my copy of "Mastering the Art of French Cooking". It's going for $30 on Ebay, and I'm never going to want to cook brains in wine sauce, anyway. Those recipes are way too complicated for me. The author of "The Silver Palate Cookbook" just died. That is a good cookbook. I'm keeping that one.
I also like books with recipes (big shock). Diane Mott Davidson and Susan Wittig Albert write mysteries with recipes. Jan Karon's "Mitford" series has it's own cookbook. Ruth Reichl wrote 3 autobiographies with recipes. She was the "New York Times" restaurant critic, so she knows a good recipe. I read a book by Kathleen Flinn called "The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry". It is about her time in the Cordon Bleu cooking school, and has recipes from there. I will not be attending this school, I'm not paying frenchmen to yell at me! Jill Conner Browne (the author of the Sweet Potato Queen books, which have really yummy recipes in them) has a website, writes a blog AND will be your Facebook friend! Just ask! I'M on her friends list. I knew you'd be impressed.
Here'a a picture from last weekend. A bat was in the cabin, so we opened the doors and shooed it out. The brooms are merely for self defense.Today's recipe comes from a book, my church cookbook! It's a little something different.
Mexican Stuffed Shells
12 ounce pkg jumbo pasta shells, cooked
1 lb ground beef
12 ounces medium or mild picante sauce
1/2 cup water
8 ounces tomato sauce
1 can (2.8 ounces) French fried onions
4 ounce can chopped green chilis (not jalapenos)
1 cup shredded cojack or cheddar cheese
Brown ground beef, drain. Combine picante sauce, water and tomato sauce. Stir 1/2 cup into ground beef along with drained chilis, 1/2 cup cheese, and half the can of onions. Pour half the remaining sauce mixture on the bottom of an 8x12 baking dish (9x13 is fine). Stuff shells with ground beef mixture. Cover with remaining sauce. Bake, covered, at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Top with remaining cheese and onions. Bake uncovered 5 more minutes.
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