Absinthe & new books :-)
This was lunch…just thought I’d share 
Oh, and before I go on, What Is It Wednesday is up!
Dinner was barley risotto with peas, mushrooms and feta…YUM! I was good and left a bit in the bowl. Washed it down with a Guinness, seeing as how I was out at my favorite local hangout. Poor Ned (the bartender) was all in a tizzy because it seems Absinthe (which has been reformulated without wormwood…what fun is that???) is available for sale in the states now. Of course, this is the new “it” drink, and LOTS of people were ordering it. Apparently, it slows his bar tending down to have to pour water onto the sugar cube and wait for it to dissolve 
I really wanted one but didn’t want him to freak LOL!
Snack: Edamame hummus with Sunchips, then a slice of white bread with peanut butter (Dad bought the bread, it was oh so soft and … I didn’t want to resist).
Bought a new book tonight: “Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love, and the Search for Home” by Kim Sunee:
At a South Korean marketplace, three-year-old Kim Sunée’s mother deposits her on a bench with a fistful of food and a promise to return. Three days later, a policeman takes the little girl and what is now a fistful of crumbs to a police station, where she learns that her mother isn’t coming back. From here, her extraordinary life journey begins.
Adopted by a young New Orleans couple, Kim spends her youth as one of only two Asian children in her entire school and church. At the age of 21, she becomes involved with a famous French businessman, and suddenly finds herself living in France, mistress over his houses and stepmother to his eight-year-old daughter. But despite this glamorous lifestyle, Kim feels like an outsider, and it is in food and cooking that she finds solace and a sense of place. From Korea to New Orleans; from Paris to Provence, Trail of Crumbs is a passionate tale and fascinating memoir about love, food,travel — and the search for self.
And to top off a fantastic day, when I got home, I found waiting for me the new autobiography “Peter Jackson: A Film-Maker’s Journey” by Brian Sibley!!!
Posted in Photos, What Is It Wednesday, books, food, reading, recipes | 13 Comments
January 8th, 2008 at 7:51 pm
your lunch sounded wonderful!! Great shot of it.
January 8th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
Yummy looking lunch! You make healthy look good!
Book looks interesting, let me know how it is!
January 8th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
You’re doing GREAT with the new eating habits! (Note to self: buy a bag of edamame)
The book sounds good, in another 10 years or so my library should have it LOL.
January 9th, 2008 at 12:02 am
OH Yum! That looks really good! The risotto sounds pretty darn good too. Can I come and eat at your house?
Enjoy your new books.
January 9th, 2008 at 4:18 am
omg, that looks incredible….I just fogged up my computer screen leaning it to snif it!
January 9th, 2008 at 5:05 am
I read about that book. Let me know if it is good.
January 9th, 2008 at 8:58 am
Mmmm… Sunchips…
January 9th, 2008 at 10:31 am
Sweetie, I gotta say this – I liked your old blog better, when there was lotsa Snape and Depp content, and your stuff was all in one place – I would’ve given you a “You make my day” award then. Sorry!
January 9th, 2008 at 10:40 am
The books both sound great. Let us know how they were once you finish.
I freaking love Sunchips.
January 9th, 2008 at 11:42 am
I’m from a country where Lunch means “matpakke”. That means workers did bring their peaces of loaf with butter or margarin topped with a slice of cheese or fake ham, all wrapped in with paper (food package). Coffee and/or cold milk on Thermos. Only very recently a hot meal has become not unusual here in Norway. Thenafter the average weight has increased among the population. Hm?
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well, this is from Viking Land
January 9th, 2008 at 11:44 am
How come I could write “peaces” insted of “pieces”? I must have “Blog 4 Peace” on my Mind.
January 9th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
I didn’t know that absinthe was available. I’ve wanted to try it. Last time I checked even sneaking a bottle in the country was a felony. Huh. Do they have the glasses and sugar cubes and stuff?
January 10th, 2008 at 5:56 am
I would love to try Absinthe. Good excuse for an off blog meetup? : )