WordRiddenWriting by Jessica Spengler.Fourth of July- July 4, 2008 Its the 4th of July, and food-wise that can only mean one thing: barbecue! Amazingly, it looks like the weather might just hold out for a BBQ on the beach tonight. In preparation, Im currently boiling up a few potatoes to make my Omas potato salad, which is, of course, the best potato salad in the world. All it takes is sliced potatoes, chopped boiled eggs, and some finely chopped onion bound together with a lightly vinegary mayonnaise and seasoned generously with salt and pepper. Its...http://www.wordridden.com/post/580 If music be the food of love- July 3, 2008 Im cheating with the title of this post because Im not going to write about food, Im going to write about musicjust try to stop me! So, Ive written about my obsession with Nick Cave several times in the past, once after seeing him on the street for the first time in Brighton and once after seeing a Bad Seeds concert in London. I have to admit that in the intervening five years (good Lord, has it really been that long), my infatuation has waned somewhat. I havent been overly enamored of his...http://www.wordridden.com/post/579 The Dinner List- July 2, 2008 I have a list detailing every single dinner I have eaten for the past 1 year, 4 months and 26 days&8212;and counting. That&8217;s 512 dinners, annotated with the date they were eaten, where they were consumed (if not at home), and with whom they were enjoyed. Main courses, side dishes, desserts if there were any, drinks if they were noteworthy. The whole shebang. That sounds rather obsessive, and okay, I admit it probably is. But it started off harmlessly enough: At the start of February 2007,.http://www.wordridden.com/post/578 NaBloPoMo, Day 1.- July 1, 2008 Hello NaBloPoMo! As this month&8217;s NaBloPoMo theme is food, I&8217;m going to juggle blogs a bit and try to post over at my food blog, Principia Gastronomica, as well. Back in 2005 I hassled Jeremy for months on end to get him to set up a food blog for us. I love having the blog and I&8217;m really proud of how it&8217;s turned out, but I&8217;m pretty terrible at updating it&8212;mostly because it generally takes a long time for me to document a foodstuff well enough to write a post about..http://www.wordridden.com/post/577 |