links for 2008-01-30

Top shelves | Shoptalk | Guardian Unlimited Books Most beautiful bookshops on the planet. I’ve been to a couple, but this one at the top is worth a trip (tags: bookshops)

links for 2008-01-29

Serious Eats: Recipes: Dinner Tonight: Creamiest White Beans with Leeks I’m in a bean phase. Maybe because it is so cold, and I am so tired (thanks to a car alarm that went off every 5 minutes for, oh, I…

links for 2008-01-28

A Little Suspense Travels a Long Way From one who always has to schelp a separate bag of books wherever I go–this is a MUST-HAVE item. (tags: TomStoppard booksatchel) David Lebovitz: Chocolate-Covered Caramelized Matzoh Crunch Chocolate, caramel, salt. . .…

The to-read list, getting longer

NYTimes picks for best books of 2007. How many have I read? And then there’s the entirely different question, how many do I own?                                      …

links for 2007-12-29

Photographs, Art and Lessons, Taken From a Life Cut Short – New York Times I have a copy of Dan Eldon’s journal, and it is really extraordinary. I can’t wait to see the actual pages. Check out the images connected…

links for 2007-12-26

Peppermint icebox Yule cake Sounds easy! For Christmas 2008? (tags: Chr) Serious Eats: Recipes: Cook the Book: Cauliflower Prosciutto and Goat Cheese Gratin Another must-try dish. (tags: cauliflower prosciutto goatcheese gratin cooking recipes) Pig Candy | Bucky’s Barbecue and Bread…

links for 2007-12-15

Serious Eats: Recipes: Mario Unclogged: Seven Fishes Shrimp and Pesto This, for Christmas Eve, perhaps? (tags: shrimp pesto Batali)

It’s about time

I was in Ethiopia when this dispute was in full flower. Now settled, as it should be. Ending Dispute, Starbucks Is to Help Ethiopian Farmers   By THE NEW YORK TIMES     After a dispute over coffee trademarks that…