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I've still got Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life in my book stack. I started that for the re-nest book club and got to page 80-something, but found it tedious and put it down. Surprising, because I really like Kingsolver. Since everyone raves about this book, I will get back to it and plow through.

I found Animal, Vegetable, Miracle tedious as well. I also got tired of the exhortations to grow your own food and found it more preachy than inspiring. On a happier note, I recently finished MFK Fisher's Two town in Provence and enjoyed that very much. I was longing to see Aix-en-Provence and Marsaille but only if she could be my guide.

I got "Secret Ingredients," the collection of food writing from the New Yorker, for the holiday (with much MFK Fisher included...) and have loved having just a touch of reading before bed - the pieces are perfect for unwinding and seeding dreams about food and eating.

'The Sharper Your Knife the Less You Cry' - I only read the first couple chapters and it is about an American woman who is a student at the Le Cordon Bleu. It sort of reminds me of Under the Tuscan Sun - rich American pretending to suffer in Europe. I really hope it will turn out to be a good book.

I just got "Cook With Jamie" and it's a little disappointing. I thought it would be more instructional than just recipes, but from my initial skim, it's basically just another book of recipes. That being said, I haven't cooked anything from it yet.