I haven't been writing because I have too many events happening and I have no time.
I would like to ruminate on those things but I have NO TIME. 
Instead, here is a photo of M'hijo, taken today, and below is way too much information about what I eat.
Watching: The entire The Office, UK version. It was great.
Listening to: The Ricky Gervais Show, NPR: Books, NPR: Food, Winecast, KnitCast, Planet Japan. In other words, loads of Podcasts.
Eating: Hmmm, two weeks off and only five new recipes. Poor. Anyway, here there are:
New Recipe Number 6: Cream of Broccoli - This is from the All-New Joy of Cooking and it is one of the ones that was added in this newest addition. It's pretty good but I like it less than the broccoli soup recipe in Looney Spoons.
New Recipe Number 7: Spaghetti Pie with Major Onions - From my favourite cookbook that I don't own, Jurgen Goethe's Some Acquired Tastes. Anyone who gets me this book for my next birthday or Christmas or Mother's Day is a great person. This pie was okay, but I think I didn't add enough cheese. I may or may not try it again. It didn't quite match my taste memory of the spaghetti fritatta at Vincenzo's, the great gourmet grocery store in Waterloo.
New Recipe Number 8: Grilled Tomato Soup - also from the A-N JoC. Actually I used a combination of the "Cream of Tomato" and "Grilled Tomato" recipes. The result was so-so but I blame this entirely on the mediocre tomatoes. Next time I will try some Italian canned tomatoes. I bet the imported canned ones are better than fresh hothouse ones.
New Recipe Number 9: Broccoli rabe and provolone panini - From a back issue of Gourmet. I wanted to try out making paninis on my grill pan and this recipe looked good. It turned out to be not as easy as I had hoped to get those nice lines using one proper grill pan and one normal cast iron pan. I had to apply a lot of pressure to the top pan, and since my wrists already threaten to snap in two every time I pick up one of my cast iron pans, this was not trivial! It worked though, and the taste and texture and look were nice. I used broccollini rather than broccoli rabe because a) that's all I could find and b) I have a suspicion that these are the same vegetable with two different names. Any information on this is most welcome as Google has been unable to solve the mystery.
New Recipe Number 10: Krentenbollen - The English translation is currant buns and I got the recipe from Nick Malgieri's A Baker's Tour. I wouldn't normally make something called currant buns but Malgiere claims that these not-too-sweet buns are commonly used to make a sandwich with aged gouda in the Netherlands. I never saw them when we were over there in August, but we did see (and eat) lots of oude (aged) gouda. Tobias, in particular, is crazy about it. So I mostly made these for him. They were good! A nice compliment to the cheese. The recipe is online.
And, as if that wasn't enough food talk for one day, I want to mention two new places I've been to in the past fortnight that were very enjoyable. The first one is Choux Choux Charcuterie on Fort Street. I had the Plat du Jour, which was couscous and chorizo and some other tasty tidbits. It was delicious, even though the chorizo was too hot for me. For 7 bucks! A great deal.
The second is the somewhat-recently-opened upstairs lounge at Ferris' Oyster Bar and Grill, which we visited last Friday night. I went downtown to meet Tobias (and friends) at Swan's pub and as soon as I got there Tobias started chomping at the bit to leave and go to Ferris'. This was pretty weird since Tobias is a hater of all things oysteresque including mussels and clams. But apparently earlier in the day he had tried a mussel and liked it and now he was dying to down some fresh oysters. After seven years of marriage, he still manages to baffle me! That is what keeps a marriage fresh, I suppose. Anyway, I didn't want to harsh his oyster buzz too much because anything that means I get to have some oysters is good. So, 11pm we head over to Ferris' and head upstairs. What a cool place! You can sit on nice leather chairs and couches, living room style, and eat fresh oysters, wine, and tapas until midnight. If you're really hungry, they even have a few entrees you can choose from.
If I lived in New York City, I'm sure this would be just another place but I live in Victoria, where it's not at all common to be able to order food after 9pm. So this is an exciting development.
We got 12 assorted fresh oysters (3 each), a prawn and chorizo tapa and my favourite non-oyster thing at Ferris' which is the roasted head of garlic with baguette and gorgonzola mousse. We also shared a bottle of Township 7 Semillon, which was very nice. I didn't know anything about Semillon until Tobias and I went to a wine class last week where we tried one. I am expanding my wine horizons, especially in the area of whites.
Reading: Finished A Countrywoman's Year by Rosemary Verey. It was beautiful and inspirational, though inspiring me to do things like grow mushrooms and raise bees is perhaps not a good idea right now.
Also Lives of the Saints by Nino Ricci and some Wodehouse stories.
