Yes, I’ve fallen behind again. After coming back from London I had just enough time to get through about half of my emails before flying off to Salt Lake City for a conference. During my time at Salt Lake City I did manage to filter through the rest of my emails but was limited in the amount of work I could catch up on. Adding to the work excitement, my husband managed to wreck our car and so we also entered frantic shopping mode. The Monday after I returned from Salt Lake we did get a new car (to my surprise we ended up with a Rav4 instead of a Forester), you can see Jaeger’s fantistic picture here.

Due to all this excitement I didn’t get around to cleaning the house until last week. I think a bit more of my mother rubbed off on me than either of us expected. I felt stressed the entire time the house was dirty Anyway, life seem back to normal which is definately the way I prefer it. I suppose it’s rather boring but I really do enjoy a predictible life.

This last week I’ve been trying recipes out of Deborah Madison’s Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone. I’ve been very impressed. Not since Mollie Katzen’s cookbooks have I found recipes that consistently turned out well. This week I tried:

• Turnip Soup with Gruyere Croutons (I’ve never cooked with turnips before but this was a very good soup)
• Angel Haired Pasta and Chesese Souffle (good but very rich)
• Green Lentils with Wine Glazed Vegetables and Puff Pastry Crust (the flavor was good but it was a little too dry — probably my fault — and I would have preferred more vegetables to even out all the lentils)
• Ginger Cream Scones (uses candied ginger and has a unique taste. I was a little surprised since I thought scones were generally hard but these were light and puffy.)

Anyway, if you enjoy vegetarian cooking I’d suggest stopping by your local library (or interlibrary loan department) and trying out her cookbook. Even though my bookshelves can’t fit another cookbook I think I’m going to go ahead and buy this one.