Friday, 23 Dec 2005

Long time, no post, blah blah blah. Trips to America often mean two things: sporadic updates and animal photos. I've checked off the first, now for the second:

Some big dogs like the snow. They'll just sit and sit and sit in it without a care in the world, even if you've been calling for them for five minutes.

Some spotted cats like to be upside down. Instead of enjoying the snow, they like to lie on top of the gas fireplace, warming themselves to just below their boiling point.

My mom and I baked cookies about a million years ago (Sunday); I contributed cream cheese lemon bows (except instead of bows, they were not bows) and chocolate malt sandwiches, both from Martha Stewart's Christmas cookie issue.

I'm not a huge fan of MS; maybe if I were I would think she was very clever and original, but I haven't examined her work thoroughly enough to be inspired by it. Still, that cookie issue was pretty good, no? Perhaaaps better to look at than to use. The lemon cookies were a bit to overly lemon-and-buttery for me, and (though everybody else loves them) the chocolate malt sandwiches are also a bit overpowering. MS can keep her strong and same-y recipes to herself while I search for something a bit more subtle. They are pretty, though:

Displayed in one of my new Nigella measuring cups (bought for only $24 from the local Anthropologie -- I think they're selling for £35 at Waitrose). Now, Nigella -- there's somebody to be inspired by. I am now rich in NL cookbooks thanks to Rob and my birthday (which was yesterday).