When I was a kid, on Christmas afternoon, my sister and I would call up our respective best friends and start the conversation with "whatdidyaget?"
In the spirit of good natured greed, here are a few things I received that will feed my obsessions.
This book:
Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter by Thomas Cahill
My dad, a Greek-ophile if there ever was one, loved it and wants me to love it too (nothing like reading under the pressure of parental expectation...) But seriously, I think if I have a goblet of dark wine on hand, the Wine-Dark Sea and I will get along well.
This book:
Antipasti: Fabulous Appetizers and Small Plates, by Joyce Goldstein
I'm thinking that an Antipasti party might be the perfect antidote to the post-holiday slump. Wouldn't a warm Gorgonzola custard served with pears and arugula cheer you up?
These fun tools:
a stainless steel pasta scooper to replace the crappy plastic one I had. This scooper seems to have it in for the wee kitties on the window sill.
a blow torch from my mother-in-law:
How many Mother-in-Laws give their Daughters-in-law tools that could be weapons? Hello Creme Brulee fest!
I finally finished this and count it as my gift to myself:
Red red red, the antidote to winter gloom! It still needs to be blocked, but I'll get to that later...
And finally:
This item of exercise paraphernalia designed to keep the aforementioned Gorgonzola and creme brulee from settling too firmly on my person:
Unfortunately, there is no snow.
To leave you with a smile, I present the cutest/weirdest present that my kids received:
A tiny froggie pot with grass growing out of his head.
So, whatdidyaget?
1 comment:
i love this blog- the pictures of food, the books, everything! it's so relaxing/ inspiring- i'm possessed by 3 of the 4 passions (not knitting, but i do want to learn how to sew)
AND i was scrolling down through the pix and came upon the one of the pile of neon-orange covered- compositions- bizarrely enough, i was a comp rater, too!
what are the chances? it's a wild wild world...
- ann in dexter
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