Autumn is coming
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| Time to hide some nuts and berries! (This is Mr.Chips who lives on our porch.) |
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| A few leaves have gone from green to yellow, red, or even white. |
Recent Reading
Martin Walker’s latest book about detective Bruno in rural France is a sad shadow of the earlier books in this series. There’s no real plot, no real crime, and no real character development! Bruno does cook a lot — to the point where it feels like one is reading a cookbook, with the detailed descriptions of prep and ingredients for one local dish after another. In earlier books, the cooking was an interesting distraction — here it’s totally over used. Sad to see this travesty on what was once a good detective series.
Samantha Schweblin’s short stories, set in argentina, are a little strange. What peculiar characters she depicts!
Good Food
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| Left: two different ways that we prepared salmon: patties and pan-broiled. Right: blueberry pancakes and apple-peach cobbler with ice cream. |
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| Classic dinner: lamb chops and corn-on-the-cob with butter. |
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24 comments:
Ohhh great post. The books look really interesting. Seriously, you better be glad I don't live close to you, I would be inviting myself to dinner all the time. LOL
Delicious food and good books? Sounds like a good September so far!
Hello,
Your Mr Chips looks adorable with those fat cheeks. Pretty colorful leaves. I love the collection of books and reviews, I have read a lot of Dalgliesh's mysteries and enjoyed them all. Your meals all look delicious.
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I haven´t seen our Peanut (Squirrel, he gets walnuts, though as I was informed peanuts are no good?) in a long time... Corn, good idea for tonight!!! Thank you,we have some!
Such a cozy read, with autumn’s colors and flavors coming alive. Mr. Chips stealing the show made me smile.
Thank you for sharing all your turning-to-autumn photos. Mr. Chips seems to be enjoying the seasonal changes.
I'm sorry the latest detective Bruno book was disappointing. Still, recipes and cooking in a book plus rural France---I enjoy reading about those things, even when the plot is absent.
Hello Mae :)
For me Mr Chips stole the show with his mouth bulging with nuts to hide away.Your meals look absolutely scrumptious both savoury and sweet. There is no sign of Fall here, not yet.
Have a fun packed weekend
All the es
Sonjia.
I liked the Bruno series too but it's sad to see some of our favorite characters without much plot. I have been jumping around and need to get back to some of my fav authors. Love the delicious food. Hugs!
I'm sorry to hear that the latest Martin Walker book was a letdown, especially since you enjoyed the earlier ones so much. It's always a shame when a favorite series loses its way. The other books you mentioned sound great, though—I'm a big fan of mysteries with a solid plot and relatable characters. And your food photos look delicious, especially the blueberry pancakes!
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I haven't read Walker's latest, so sad to hear it's not up to his usual. I do enjoy E.C.R. Lorac and usually have one on my TBR list. Cute little visitor!
I love squirrels, they're so cute. We had a lot of them where we used to live but when we moved where we live now we had to get our 3 huge trees cut down because they had tree rats in them, which I had never heard of before. It cost us $1,000 per tree because the trees were so big around and tall.
I hope you enjoy your books, your food looks very good.
Love the chipmunk! I’ve noticed that people now regard their dogs as children.
Oh, I love Mr. Chips!
Nice to see E.C.R. Lorac's books around! Her Inspector Macdonald books are always so soothing to me.
J.M. Dagliesh sounds like an author I should try.
I swear you and Len should open a restaurant. Did you ever watch Rachel Khoo's Paris program where in her tiny apartment she would have a one-couple-only restaurant with a specific dish. I loved that she was making this fabulous food for guests in a kitchen about the size of a bathroom! I think I might have to try the Dalgiesh. This is a Lorac I haven't read. Trying to read them all. But bummer about Bruno. And just LOVED our conversation this week. Believe me, it was a highlight!
Mr. Chips definitely made me smile :) All of that food looks so delicious! I was gonna just have canned soup today, but I may need to go get some better food after all. And those quirky short stories sound interesting. Thanks for sharing!
Lovely photos! I’ve been watching the squirrels hear prepare for the colder weather.
Fall, food, and books - three of my favorite things! Mr. Chips made me laugh :)
The month has flown, hasn't it? That chipmunk with his big cheeks is a cutie, And you've read some good books. I like that Dalgliesh series too. Happy new week.
Lots of good food! Looks like Mr Chips is eating well too.
Have a great reading week
Your cooking looks very delicious! What a pity that the Bruno series seem to flatten out. I read the first book in the Hidden Norfolk Murder Mystery series because I know and love this area of Norfolk, but I was disappointed. Maybe this second book is better?
Mr. Chips sure has a lot he's storing up! My husband just finished the latest Martin Walker book ... and liked it! Sorry it didn't work for you. He read about the first 5 or 6 books long ago ... then read this one from the library.
We are heading into summer here of course so it's funny to think you guys have it the wrong way round :=) (just kidding). Sad when a book series starts to plummet ...
I'm amazed how Mr. Chips stood still long enough for a picture. Although I've never seen a chipmunk in my neighborhood in Phila, there are lots of them in my son's area in upstate NY. Every time I see one, it's running and then hiding. All of your food looks amazing as usual Mae. My husband would love the lamb chops and corn meal.
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