For work, I'm to write about blogging. That makes me think of reading Julie and Julia for bookclub. It's a blog turned into a book about a New York secretary who vows to cook all the recipes in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking. We all liked it, although as in the subsequent movie with Meryl Streep, we preferred the bits about Julia Child.
What I didn't like was cooking pastries for the snacks, although now I rather enjoy the anecdote about the two days it took me to prepare one single item, a cheese pastry. That pastry wasn't to be cooked all at once, no, it had to take regular vacations in the fridge to chill out.
A much luckier host landed Miriam Toew's A Complicated Kindness. Since it is set in a small Mennonite town our hostess served us Spam. Yes, she really made an effort. Actually no one would touch it. However, we did touch another Toew's novel, The Flying Troutmans because we enjoy her wacky fictional families. Plus it's our Canadian content, since most Canadians don't write happy, funny stories.
Really, the food is half the draw in bookclub. I am trying to think of a book to host which would feature some jello salads. We have some phenomenal cooks who lay on a spread. Which leads me to the topic of the time needed to prepare all that food, which leads me to what I am supposed to be doing with my time right now, which is to write about blogging for work.
I'm to write about what intrigues me about social media. It intrigues me how anyone has the ability to keep up with their email, their Facebook and Twitter accounts, their blog, and still cook fabulous spreads for bookclub. Oh right, I remember, it's because we don't always finish the books!
What I didn't like was cooking pastries for the snacks, although now I rather enjoy the anecdote about the two days it took me to prepare one single item, a cheese pastry. That pastry wasn't to be cooked all at once, no, it had to take regular vacations in the fridge to chill out.
A much luckier host landed Miriam Toew's A Complicated Kindness. Since it is set in a small Mennonite town our hostess served us Spam. Yes, she really made an effort. Actually no one would touch it. However, we did touch another Toew's novel, The Flying Troutmans because we enjoy her wacky fictional families. Plus it's our Canadian content, since most Canadians don't write happy, funny stories.
Really, the food is half the draw in bookclub. I am trying to think of a book to host which would feature some jello salads. We have some phenomenal cooks who lay on a spread. Which leads me to the topic of the time needed to prepare all that food, which leads me to what I am supposed to be doing with my time right now, which is to write about blogging for work.
I'm to write about what intrigues me about social media. It intrigues me how anyone has the ability to keep up with their email, their Facebook and Twitter accounts, their blog, and still cook fabulous spreads for bookclub. Oh right, I remember, it's because we don't always finish the books!
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