My Personal Book Club

For years now, my dear friend Annie has been my go-to book advisor. She always reads the greatest novels, and always passes along the titles for me (and often my mom) to enjoy. A few weeks ago, I got a package in the mail containing this book. The author writes a gorgeous food blog, and demonstrates her same story-telling charm in her food memoir complete with dozens of recipes tucked in between chapters. I *devoured* this book - it was funny and sad (oh, yes, I cried... on the train to Amsterdam... Didz even took the book away from me until I stopped sobbing) and beautifully written and I didn't want it to end. 

As much as I hated finishing it - I'm looking forward to going back through all the dog-eared pages I marked to try the recipes. I've already made her slow roasted tomatoes - which I combined with fresh basil, garlic, sea salt and olive oil and tossed with pasta. Didz and I both agreed it was the best pasta dish we've ever had. 

You can find the recipe here - and although it takes half the day for them to roast, I think it's the best way to enjoy tomatoes in the off-season. Annie bookmarked a chocolate cake recipe in the book before sending it to me, so I might need to find an excuse to make that soon. And of course, I'll let you know how it goes... hopefully I'll be able to take a picture or two before we wolf it down. 

(On a completely unrelated note: Did December sneak up on anyone else?? What happened to November and October?? Stay tuned for pictures of our first Christmas tree!)