I was thinking of making tourtiere for Christmas eve! Jesse, do you have a family recipe? Dani told me about it.
On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
flea - Dec 20, 2011 1:19:42 pm PST #17085 of 28288
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Hil R. - Dec 20, 2011 1:24:46 pm PST #17086 of 28288
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I just finished reading "The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie" by Alan Bradley, and I thought it was really great, and something a lot of people here would enjoy. Classic sort of English country mystery, except that the sleuth is an 11-year-old girl. And there's stamp collecting and chemistry and all sorts of other stuff.
Jesse - Dec 20, 2011 1:24:52 pm PST #17087 of 28288
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, we just cook up ground pork with onion and a potato (cut up, mash as you go), spice it up with cinnamon, clove, salt and pepper, and throw it in a pie crust. I can give you more specific info if you want, but the written-down family recipe is total BS (as they are) so you may as well google.
Jesse - Dec 20, 2011 1:25:36 pm PST #17088 of 28288
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
"The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie" by Alan Bradley
I liked it too, but not as much as my mother, who leans more to the cozy and YA sides of things, so yeah.
Gris - Dec 20, 2011 2:00:33 pm PST #17089 of 28288
Hey. New board.
I loved it muchly, though I didn't like the sequel quite as much.
megan walker - Dec 20, 2011 2:43:36 pm PST #17090 of 28288
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
"The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie" by Alan Bradley
I liked the first one, but thought that Flavia was a just a bit too much for me and I wasn't sure I would continue. I made it about 10 pages into the second one and put it down without looking back (which for me is saying a lot).
Hil R. - Dec 20, 2011 2:44:53 pm PST #17091 of 28288
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Yeah, I'm not sure I'll read the sequels. I can see the character becoming really annoying if overdone.
Sue - Dec 20, 2011 3:50:53 pm PST #17092 of 28288
hip deep in pie
I liked the first one, but thought that Flavia was a just a bit too much for me and I wasn't sure I would continue.
That happened to me about 50 pages into the 3rd one.
I was thinking of making tourtiere for Christmas eve!
I've been taking cooking classes from this chef, and she did a column on Tourtiere: [link]
beth b - Dec 20, 2011 8:16:18 pm PST #17093 of 28288
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I just finished reading "The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie" by Alan Bradley
I read it and have the second sitting here, but haven't opened it. I really enjoyably the first one.
hippocampus - Dec 21, 2011 4:53:40 am PST #17094 of 28288
not your mom's socks.
For SF/F readers - SF Signal has asked a number of folks to list the books they're most excited about for 2012: [link]