treasure at the library

I rarely have time to look upstairs

but

I can sometimes sneak in a few minutes

to quickly browse the new non-fiction shelves.

~

When I saw the title, Relaxed Cooking with Curtis Stone,

I snatched it up.

Relaxed?

no - I'm not generally relaxed while cooking.

I figured maybe I'd get some kitchen inspiration;

Lord knows

- and so does everyone else in the house -

that I've been severely lacking in inspiration

in the kitchen.

I'd barely looked at the pages when Josiah asked

if I had any paper he could look at.

The big boys were reading the newspaper

and he was feeling a bit left out.

"Well,"

I told him,

"I got a cookbook at the library today.

It has a lot of pictures; you might enjoy looking at that?"

Needless to say,

that was the end of the book for me.

I can't get it away from the kid

and when I did have a moment to look at it the other day

he caught me and said, "Quit lookin' at my book."

I told him I'd have to look at it some

if we were going to make anything from it.

The banoffee pie was a big hit

(I followed the recipe exactly - except I had light brown sugar, instead of dark)

and

after dinner this evening,

we'll be having Pomegranate Martinis

(If you've never heard a four year old

ask for a Pomegranate Martini - you're missing out :-)

~

I highly recommend a peek at the book

but if you're planning to borrow it out from theFSM library

you'll be waiting awhile;

we're definitely renewing this one!