BOOKS ABOUT FOOD.....mmmmm food and reading what more could we want

I love to readand I love to cook.

I love to read cook books....but what I have discovered is...I love to read stories with food and cooking woven through it.....FICTION or NON FICTION...Im not fussy. I remember my first bookclub I joined in W.A the first book I read was Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquival. Which I really enjoyed and we talked it through so lovingly with food in our hearts and mouths( I love a good bookclub meeting with plenty of food lots of talk, laughter and freedom to say what you want) that was my first "taste" of food fiction .......OR so I thought. I started really thinking about it...and my FIRST memories of food through books was years before that....

Enid Blyton take a bow because I think you opened up so many little foodies with your fantastic stories of midnights feasts, treacle tarts,...and who still dreams of having one of

Moon-face's pop biscuits or a google bun( I bet it's got nothing to do with the internet)

Hurrah for the fantastic picnic baskets in The Famous Five with ham sandwiches,homemade lemonade or gingerbeer with ices after the adventure

(Iwondered what ices where for a while...wouldn't julian dick anne and george love the array of icecreams we have these days...almost TOO MANY to choose)

But I think the first of her books to show me the way was...Mr Pinkwhistle

He always went to or threw a fabulous party with all sorts of sweetys and divine sounding things.

So I have had a trip down memory lane and Im a bit older than I was when reading lovely Enid Blyton stories..and I have moved on to other books but still enjoy books with food through them. I just finished reading Pomegranate Soup By Marsha Mehran and I have started on The Last Chinese Chef by Nicole Mones. Maeve Binchy wrote a couple of good ones for the light fluffy romantic foody type Scarlett Feather & Quentins.

I have put about 4 on hold to come in for me at the library...and on my list...there are another 35 books I have written down..and I am absolutely postive that more will be added to that list. I would love to hear recommendations from others who love the same.....ok happy reading dreaming about food..think I will go and have a mid morning snack pate, crackers and some king island double brie...mmmmm FOOD

More Aprons.....or Aprons for Sale...??

I have decided to make and sell some aprons. Being a chef I love this design of double sided. One side is the practical or plain side and the other side is for fun and can be a bit whimsical(look out fairy lovers) The great thing is you can wear the plain side while you are cooking and doing the kitchen bit then when it is time to go into your dining room you can turn the apron around and have a clean apron and still look pretty or of course you can try the other way. Be fun and whimsical while you ARE cooking with your fun sided apron and then when it's time to serve your guests or just the family you can turn it around and be sensible practical kitchen wench/mum This is the reason that they are not purple. If they were purple I wouldn't be able to sell them. If I do other colours I can look at them and appreciate the beauty of the colours and the cuteness of the designs and be really happy when someone takes one home. I am only doing one of a kind aprons. I don't want anyone having the same. $25 and I suppose I will have to add postage onto that which Im taking a guess would be about $6 but I will check that out next week. I am currently finishing another one which is chocolate brown on one side(practical) and pink with browns aqua pink orange. I have had a bit of a job deciding what colour to put with the brown but I think orange is the go but it wasn't going to work with the pink so I've decided on both .....wait and see it will look great...another pic in the next 2 days I promise(kath thats for you...my lone reader/commenter)