We’re leaving for a two-week trip in a few days and so we’ve go to return our books to the Library, because they can only be checked out for two weeks. We love our library – The Central Rappahannock Regional Library. It has a great collection and a very good online presence. It has been the recipient of several awards, as well. Still, whenever we take a prolonged trip we try to gather up the books that we’ve been renewing and renewing for many months and return.
Some that we’ve had checked out are great cook books, some are used for reference, and some, for one reason or another, we have been taking a very long time to read. So this entry, and maybe some others will list some books, that I’ll want to check out again when we return.
The Dream Machine by M.Mitchell Waldrop. A great account of J.C.R. Licklider and his influence on the development of the Internet, and time-shared and personal computing.
Some cookbooks:
- This Can’t be Tofu by Deborah Madison. This one has been a mainstay in our kitchen. We love it and what comes from it. Check out my blog entry about the recipe for Sauteed Asparagus with Curried Tofu and Tomatoes
- Lulu’s Provencal Table, by Richard Olney. Although we use it for just a couple of recipes, I’m always planning on using it more. I wrote up the recipe for Chard Omelet in a blog entry of last July.
- Cooking With Nora: Seasonal Menus from Restaurant Nora : Healthy, Light, Balanced, and Simple Food With Organic Ingredients by Nora Pouillon, Koji Hayashi . We ate at Restaurant Nora in D.C. for the first time last fall. It was wonderful, and her recipes are great too. Not too hard to follow, and not too complicated. Go to Restaurant Nora when you get the chance. It’s in the Du Pont Circle area of D.C.
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