First Galette- a success story

I love the change of seasons, but especially the beginning of fall.  Fall is my favorite time of year for so many reasons- all the ones you're thinking of, I'm sure.  Who doesn't it love it when the weather demands that you snuggle up on your dog bed with a pillow and a blanket?

 But food-wise, fall is my favorite time.  I mean spring's great with all the peas and asparagus and whatever else, and summer has the corn and tomatoes and general healthy bounty, but I really could eat roasted vegetables every day of the week, and they're at their best in autumn.  The fall and winter squashes beat the heck out of summer squash (don't even get me started), and then there's sweet potatoes, parsnips, turnips... Couple this with the fact that your neck and butt no longer sweat just from chopping onions in the kitchen while the oven preheats, and the sudden perfect pairing of heavy, dark beers with the crisp evening air and you have one happy girl.

Ottolenghi

Goodness, 2 whole months between my first and second posts.... must have been all that thesis writing that kept me so busy.  Okay, it wasn't thesis writing.  It was general slacking-off, combined with many nights of successful culinary ventures that will be blogged about in short time. But until then, I found a new source for food ideas that I had to share.

When I think of London, exciting, fresh, vegetarian food is very far from my mind.  I think about fog and rain and how despite the fact that they all speak my language, it seems such a very large city that I am pretty sure I'll always be too terrified to check it out.  (Mind you, this is all based on reading the entire collection of Sherlock Holmes mysteries and falling prey to the stereotypes I see on TV....)  And food-wise?  Well, bangers, fish and chips, cottage pie, delicious beer... but not fresh and tasty, light and healthy.  And then I read about Ottolenghi.  He has some really neat ideas about how to put food together, and which foods to put together, and basically just makes for some fun food reading.  Plus, you get to read it with a British accent.

http://www.ottolenghi.co.uk/