My Blog Sucks; Alice Waters Doesn't

I've just been web surfing, finding all kinds of wonderful food and cooking blogs. Mine, however, sucks. No fancy photos. No great lists of recipes and dining destinations. No links. No bells and whistles. What can I say-- I'm nearly a luddite. Well, I'll try to gussy it up in the future. I'm still working on unpacking and getting settled into our new house. Remember? And there's this to-do list.... which is very long.

In my surfing I've also discovered that Alice Waters has become quite the controversial political figure. Or shall I put it this way: some folks are making Alice into a political controversy. Sorry, but you won't get any of that from me. I just want to learn to cook.

Yesterday I forgot to mention that I went cooking shopping. Turns out there is a huge, wonderful kitchen store right at the base of my hill. Who knew!? I bought 2 mortars and pestles. A medium and a large. I'm ready to pound. I found this double boiler gadget. It's sorta the top part of a double boiler, but made to fit any size saucepan. And a tortilla press. I got a tortilla press. Later in the day I found a Paula Deen 5 quart cast iron casserole at Ross Dress for Less. Forty bucks! I've love to have the $200 version. Someday. I'll try out this one today. It weighs a ton. I'm starting to think that cooking might be a good workout.

Carry on.