Books from People

I love to read, but I don't often buy books (yet have untold hundreds on the shelves.) The library is a fabulous idea, but I get overwhelmed. I wish there was a netflix for books, because when I walk into a library or a bookstore the few books I was hoping to look for fly out of my head and I'm lured in by pretty covers. I walk out with nothing.

It is purely by the grace of my friends that I read anything worthwhile. I thank Sinda for introducing me to Laurie King and Jasper Fford, and by way of Lisa, Dorothy Sayers. Just recently I opened a box from far-flung Lisa with books (and a bird because apparently I am drawn to bird objects) inside.



Isn't she the swellest? I thought of her as I went to Recycled Reads today (the second store for the Austin Public Library.) I was scouting out some world book encyclopedias for $100. Apparently another parent at school beat me to it. But the store was LOVELY! SPACIOUS! and it's price point was right up my alley: $2 for hardback and $1 for paperbacks. I walked out with another Dorothy Sayers.

Nutter Butters!

(no not those.)

These!






Apparently this recipe comes on the back of some graham cracker boxes. I never saw it. But a friend brought them camping and I've been turned. In truth, I have no recipe, just a vague listing of ingredients, which of course I immediately supplemented. (if you know anything about my cooking, "winging it" is more than a saying... I come from a family where a mistake (ie my family's "Polish Mistakes") of a recipe turns into a favorite dish)

so the main ingredients are: graham crackers (broken/processed/smashed to crumbs), peanut butter and honey
and I might add: dates (processed to a buttery paste), raisins, flax seeds, molasses, wheat germ, coconut, ground almonds

today inside each of these gems is one chocolate chip. why not?

Mix everything until it is likely to stick together when you roll it into a ball. no cooking. yer done. Snack at will. And don't say I never posted a recipe.

Now I guess I really HAVE to ask...

Shortly after posting the loving review of Smith's providing me with morning coffee, he decides he's going to give it up (a little.) As in: stop making any coffee on weekday mornings.

sigh.

and yes. I'm perfectly capable of making my own, even have a machine to make it for me and have it ready and hot at the appointed time. but I won't.

so bear with me while I make my way through coffee-free, fennel-toothed days.

the fennel toothpaste has proved to be one of my weirdest impulse buys. What are some of yours?