Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley

Today's Featured Book: 

Relish: Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley

Genre: Graphic Novel

Published: April 2, 2013

Page Count: 176 pages

Summary: 

Lucy Knisley loves food. The daughter of a chef and a gourmet, this talented young cartoonist comes by her obsession honestly. In her forthright, thoughtful, and funny memoir, Lucy traces key episodes in her life thus far, framed by what she was eating at the time and lessons learned about food, cooking, and life. Each chapter is bookended with an illustrated recipe―many of them treasured family dishes, and a few of them Lucy's original inventions.

Ah! It's Valentine's Day, and what says love better than cookies? 

I've just finished my reread of Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley, and it's time to try Lucy's The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Here is the recipe:

Could these be the world's best chocolate chip cookies?

 

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAY is hosted by Rose City Reader. What book are you happy about reading this week? Please share the opening sentence (or so) on BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAY! Add the link to your blog or social media post and visit other blogs to see what others are reading.

Happy Friday and welcome to the FIRST LINE FRIDAY, hosted by Reading is My Superpower! It’s time to grab the book nearest to you and leave a comment with the first line.

THE FRIDAY 56 is hosted by Freda's Voice, but Freda is currently taking a break and Anne of Head Full of Books is filling in. To play, open a book and turn to page 56 (or 56% on your e-reader). Find a sentence or two and post them, along with the book title and author. Then link up on Freda's Voice and visit others in the linky.  

The purpose of THE BOOK BLOGGER HOP is to give bloggers a chance to follow other blogs, learn about new books, and befriend other bloggers. THE BOOK BLOGGER HOP is hosted by Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer.    

February 16th-22nd - Do you keep an active list of favorite authors—that you would spend your milk money on—to have it when they publish a book? (submitted by Laura @ Laura's Book Binge)

Absolutely!

Other Readerbuzz posts about chocolate chip cookies and Relish:

The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies in the World

In Which I Relish Relish and In Which I Reveal the Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

Membership in the Cook the Books book club is open to anyone and we hope you will join us by reading these selections and creating inspired recipes. New participants are always welcome and so are returning ones. The February-March selection is Relish. For more information about participating, click here.  

For more photos, link up at Wordless Wednesday, Comedy Plus, Messymimi's Meanderings, Keith's Ramblings, Create With Joy, Wild Bird Wednesday, and My Corner of the World.

Weekend Cooking was created by Beth Fish Reads and is now hosted by Marg at The Intrepid Reader (and Baker). It is open to anyone who has any kind of food-related post to share: Book (novel, nonfiction) reviews, cookbook reviews, movie reviews, recipes, random thoughts, gadgets, quotations, photographs. If your post is even vaguely foodie, feel free to grab the button and link up anytime over the weekend. You do not have to post on the weekend. Please link to your specific post, not your blog's home page. For more information, see the welcome post.  

Wise Quotes from The Little Prince about Love

I spent April of 2022 in Paris with my sister. I was delighted to spend one day at Musée des Arts Décoratifs viewing À la rencontre du petit prince (An Encounter with The Little Prince). 

The Little Prince is a book I have read in English, Spanish, French, and Italian; it's one of my favorites.

The exhibit had some of author/illustrator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's original artwork.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's typewriter and pens and paints were also on display.

It is the wise quotes from The Little Prince that I love most.

I save the quotes in my journal.

Here are three of my favorite quotes from The Little Prince...

Other Readerbuzz posts from the past about love stories:

159 Love Books I Have Read

❤️ ❤️ ❤️ We Love Our Pets: The Best Books about Our Favorite Animal Buddies ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

Best Love Stories in Books You'd Never Call Romance Novels

Best Love Stories in Books You'd Never Call Romance Novels

♥♥♥Love Stories I Love♥♥♥

Eleven Favorite Love Stories in Books

Romance Books I'd Recommend to People Who Don't Like Romance Books 

Best Love Stories in Books You'd Never Call Romance Novels 

Love Stories for People Who Gag on Romance Novels

Love Stories I Love (and Hate)

Top Ten Romances That Would Make It In the Real World

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each Tuesday That Artsy Reader Girl assigns a topic and then post her top ten list that fits that topic. You’re more than welcome to join her and create your own top ten (or 2, 5, 20, etc.) list as well. Feel free to put a unique spin on the topic to make it work for you! Please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own post so that others know where to find more information.      

The Sunday Salon: A Month of Black History Picture Books

     

Welcome! I'm happy you joined us here at the Sunday Salon. What is the Sunday Salon? The Sunday Salon is a place to link up and share what we have been doing during the week plus it's a great way to visit other blogs and join in the conversations going on there. 

I spent one day reading and then listening to the birdsongs of birds of the US. Each bird mentioned has a QR code that takes the reader to the birdsong of the bird. What an excellent book! 

What I Read Last Week:

Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum

Birdsong for the Curious Naturalist by Donald Kroodsma

What I'm Reading Now:

The Real Wizard of Oz: The Life and Times of L. Frank Baum by Rebecca Loncraine (Bio)

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (Classic)

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (Book Club)

Counting Descent by Clint Smith (Poetry)

Thank you, Bonnie of Bonnie's Books, whose post last week reminded me of how much I enjoyed reading picture books in 2021 to celebrate Black History Month. Above is my calendar for 2021. I've decided to start a picture book reading celebration for 2024.

Here are the powerful picture books I've read so far for 2024 Black History Month. I hope you will check some of these out and share them with others. 

1 The Me I Choose to Be 

written by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley and illustrated by Regis and Kahran Bethencourt

2 Freedom's School

written by Lesa Cline-Ransome and illustrated by James E. Ransome

3 The 1619 Project: Born on the Water

written by Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson and illustrated by Nikkolas Smith

4 The Talk 

written by Alicia D. Williams and illustrated by Briana Mukodiri Uchendu

5 That is My Dream!

by Langston Hughes and Daniel Miyares

6 Giant Steps to Change the World

written by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee and illustrated by Sean Qualls

7 Each Kindness

written by Jacqueline Woodson and illustrated by E. B. Lewis

8 My People

written by Langston Hughes and illustrated by Charles R. Smith Jr.

9 Child of the Civil Rights Movement

written by Paula Young Sheldon and illustrated by Raul Colon

10 I, Too, Am America

written by Langston Hughes and illustrated by Bryan Collier

What I Posted Last Week Here at Readerbuzz:

Wonderful Books You Can Read in One Night

The Sunday Salon: Ben Fountain and Kaveh Akbar Come to Houston

Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum

I began to list 3 Good Things every day during the pandemic. Here are 3 Good Things from last week...

Good Thing #1:

Goldfinches!

I counted sixteen one day.

Good Thing #2:

My writing friends and I ate breakfast

before our writing session

at the beautiful Galvez Hotel in Galveston.

Good Thing #3:

My husband went to Tucson this week for the rock and gem shows there,

and I indulged in some heavy-duty movie watching.

Weekend linkup spots are listed below. Click on the picture to visit the site.

        

I hope you will join the linkup for Sunday Salon below.

Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum

Today's Featured Book 

Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum

Genre: Children's Fantasy

Published: July 30, 1907

Page Count: 272 pages

Summary: 

Readers of all ages will welcome the chance to be reunited with Dorothy Gale and such beloved characters as the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Cowardly Lion, as well as to meet new favorites such as the Hungry Tiger, whose appetite is never satisfied; Princess Langwidere, who has thirty heads; Billina, a talking chicken; and Tiktok, a mechanical man.

 

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAY is hosted by Rose City Reader. What book are you happy about reading this week? Please share the opening sentence (or so) on BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAY! Add the link to your blog or social media post and visit other blogs to see what others are reading.

Happy Friday and welcome to the FIRST LINE FRIDAY, hosted by Reading is My Superpower! It’s time to grab the book nearest to you and leave a comment with the first line.

...Now, among these passengers was a little Kansas girl named Dorothy Gale, who was going with her Uncle Henry to Australia, to visit some relatives they had never before seen. Uncle Henry, you must know, was not very well, because he had been working so hard on his Kansas farm that his health had given way and left him weak and nervous. So he left Aunt Em at home to watch after the hired men and to take care of the farm, while he traveled far away to Australia to visit his cousins and have a good rest.

THE FRIDAY 56 is hosted by Freda's Voice, but Freda is currently taking a break and Anne of Head Full of Books is filling in. To play, open a book and turn to page 56 (or 56% on your e-reader). Find a sentence or two and post them, along with the book title and author. Then link up on Freda's Voice and visit others in the linky. 

Just then the Nomes laughed again, and the sound was so weird and disheartening that the twenty-six officers commanded the private to "right-about-face!" and they all started to run as fast as they could. 

The Tin Woodman at once pursued his army and cried "halt!" and when they had stopped their flight he asked: "Where are you going?" 

"I—I find I've forgotten the brush for my whiskers," said a general, trembling with fear. "S-s-so we are g-going back after it!" 

"That is impossible," replied the Tin Woodman. "For the giant with the hammer would kill you all if you tried to pass him." 

"Oh! I'd forgotten the giant," said the general, turning pale. 

"You seem to forget a good many things," remarked the Tin Woodman. "I hope you won't forget that you are brave men." 

"Never!" cried the general, slapping his gold-embroidered chest. 

"Never!" cried all the other officers, indignantly slapping their chests. 

"For my part," said the private, meekly, "I must obey my officers; so when I am told to run, I run; and when I am told to fight, I fight." 

"That is right," agreed the Tin Woodman. "And now you must all come back to Ozma, and obey her orders. And if you try to run away again I will have her reduce all the twenty-six officers to privates, and make the private your general."

My Thoughts

I doubt if I would have ever read the Oz books if Lory at Entering the Enchanted Castle hadn't announced an Ozathon this year. I'm so glad she did. Baum seems to be exceptionally gifted at creating intriguing characters.

The purpose of THE BOOK BLOGGER HOP is to give bloggers a chance to follow other blogs, learn about new books, and befriend other bloggers. THE BOOK BLOGGER HOP is hosted by Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer.    

February 9th-15th - Do you post Happy Publication Day posts for books you read? (submitted by Elizabeth @ Silver's Review)

I'm afraid I don't know what Happy Publication Day posts are!

     

Wonderful Books You Can Read in One Night

Oh my goodness. A friend sent me an article from the Washington Post, and I'm all in a frenzy. Get this: 46 percent of all Americans read zero books last year.

Good grief. Nothing? Almost half of Americans read nothing?

I am here to help you. Please, for the sake of our country, for the world, for the universe really, would you read something in 2024? Here are twelve books that are very, very good and also very, very short.

And, if none of these appeal to you, 

you might take a look at this spreadsheet of

books you can read quickly: One-Night Reads.

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each Tuesday That Artsy Reader Girl assigns a topic and then post her top ten list that fits that topic. You’re more than welcome to join her and create your own top ten (or 2, 5, 20, etc.) list as well. Feel free to put a unique spin on the topic to make it work for you! Please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own post so that others know where to find more information.