As I’ve mentioned I’m not really a culinary expert but if I feel like, and only if I feel like, I venture into the kitchen! You shouldn’t expect big creations, nothing like that is about to come. First of all, I take one of my favorite cook, Nigella Lawson’s amazing books and I start searching eagerly. I almost get full already with the wonderful illustrations!!! I like Nigella because her recipes are simple, the ingredients can be bought at the non-stop shop at the corner and it doesn’t take more than then minutes to prepare them! Today I prepare an extremely simple dessert for myself, just for the sake of bit of a luxury, after all it’s weekend!
When All Seems Lost — and Even When It Doesn’t… As a writer, I read more than average. Not necessarily books that fall within my immediate interests, but rather those I can learn from, marvel at, analyze word by word, and sometimes even those that demand more effort from me than usual. That is how it is with Alice Munro. I bought my first book by her when she received the Nobel Prize. Then life happened, and the volume sat on my bookshelf—either I had no time for it, or it lingered somewhere at the bottom of my list of priorities. When I finally picked it up, I could hardly believe my eyes—or my reaction. First, I was utterly outraged; my blood pressure shot through the roof in an instant, and I almost started swearing in disbelief. I had barely skimmed the first few lines, yet that was enough to know: it was perfect. A true masterpiece. Excellence among the excellent. Every word reached the deepest layers of my soul. I was touched by its purity, its delicacy, the noblest simpli...
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