Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Cooking: Martha Stewart Codfish cakes with red horseradish tartar sauce (delicious)

Cleaning: The pool..it is open but it is cold

Reading: Adin Steinsaltz: The Talmud. and Loving Frank











more cooking: mushroom briskit, Porchini, botton and Shitake













Grilled wild salmon and marinaded Asparagus






What the book called Tea biscuits but turned out to be really good scones

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Cooking: Fresh Turkey wild rice stuffing rhubarb and strawberry crumble (from fresh fruit)

Reading: Adin Stiensaltz introduction to the Talmud


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Friday, April 23, 2010


Watching: Wallinger, minimalistic Swedish detective, brilliant

Reading: Witches abroad

Cooking: Grilled salmon and new potatoes in butter and mint sauce.

Testing: Ipad
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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Cooking: Cod cakes, with fresh cod. Did not look good but tasted fine. Need to chop the cod finer and remember the mayonnaise.

Reading: 1848 year of revolutions

Watching: Nothing

Monday, April 12, 2010

Cooking: Whole trussed chickens in teh oven, after the style on a travel channel program I bought. Best breast I have ever had though the presentation of a half chicken on teh plate leaves a little to be desired.

Reading: Wyrd Sisters

Watching: Pacific followed by Treme (what would  we watch without HBO?)

Friday, April 9, 2010

Reading: Wyrrd Sisters, Discwolrl witch series

Cooking: Spaghetti Bolognese (with plenty of wine), fresh baked baguette

Watching: An Education, Up in the Air

Working: Documenting student encounters without letting the screen get in the way.

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Reading: 36 arguments for the existence of God...Brilliant cross between Chaim Potok and David Lodge what could be better

Cooking: Veal schnitzel, and mushroom stuffed pasta (store bought).

Watching: Parenthood (not bad for a sitcom but the endings are too simple)

Monday, April 5, 2010

Reading: Homicide, life on the streets..nearly finished

Cooking: Whole side of salmon on the grill (wild caught), with marinated, gilled asparagus and acorn squash. Pear and raisin cake with filo dough, ox-tail casserole. (cake was good, ox-tails are too fatty)

Listening: Wolf Hall from Audible.com

Enjoying: Listening to Gil run the Shacharit service.

Relaxing: Easter Monday my one day off when Gil is at school and I am cleaning the garage, go figure.

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Cooking: Mexican chicken, spanish rice with onion and yellow pepper.

Reading: Homicide life on the streets.

Watching: Penicillin: Breaking the mould, from Amazon UK.