Through a Christmas letter sent by the Fedor family (including Katherine), listing everyone’s favorite books of the year, I discovered French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork and Corkscrew by Peter Mayle. This read is a foodie’s dream and anyone’s delight. Traveling around France sampling culinary adventures from frogs to snails to chickens to truffles to […]
Entries from February 2005
French Lessons by Peter Mayle
February 3rd, 2005 · No Comments
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The Falls by Joyce Carol Oates
February 3rd, 2005 · No Comments
As a short story connoisseur, I’ve sampled a few of Joyce Carol Oates’ smaller pieces but I think The Falls is the first novel of hers I have read. Gender always plays a prominent role in her stories. I don’t mind if an author chooses to write pieces that have a political or social bent; […]
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The Da Vinci Code and Krispy Kremes
February 3rd, 2005 · No Comments
Last November as I was finishing Dan Brown’s bestselling novel The Da Vinci Code I noticed Anita Sharpe’s piece in Worthwhile describing the demise of Krispy Kreme’s appeal: People don’t crave convenience; we crave magic, romance and stories. Magic, romance and stories. What The Da Vinci Code and Krispy Kremes have in common. Perhaps there […]
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Literary links
February 3rd, 2005 · No Comments
The People’s Poet, Keyvan Ghaemmaghami, whom I mentioned in a previous post last fall, now has a website featuring more information about him, sample poems and ebooks he has written. All proceeds are going to the Cancer Unit at the Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, U.K. The Bard of the Buses writes poetry for those he […]
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Abuse of grace
February 2nd, 2005 · 3 Comments
Anita Rowland in her post Failure of Trust linked to Fred First’s story of book loan and loss Neither a Borrower nor a Lender Be. Today I pulled a scrap of paper from the pocket of a pair of pants I hadn’t worn since mid-December. My heart sank. The registrar’s information printout reminded me that […]
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