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Post by adcooper on Jun 26, 2013 19:34:58 GMT -5
I don't know how they make it. I've tried replicating it, but mine is never as good. Linguine tossed with a mix of bacon, onions, garlic, peppers, parmesan, black olives, olive oil. It's just fabulous.
I want to read The Scorpio Races!
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Post by Bara on Jun 28, 2013 2:20:35 GMT -5
I think Greek spaghetti is a confusing concept ...
I'd like the 'Tree of Forgetfulness'. Ann, may I fill out a library card? No, I thought not.
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Post by niaru on Jul 6, 2013 6:54:27 GMT -5
I think Greek spaghetti is a confusing concept ...  I didn't get to eat these, but we went to a very good fish/seafood restaurant across the river, we hit a "modern mexican" restaurant downtown, and the last night went to a Bistro Belge where I ordered a dish, made a (polite) comment to the (very friendly) waitress as to how my Belgian MIL prepared said dish, and was promptly visited by the Chef...!!!! Oops...But he only wanted to tell me my suggestion was a great one. Phew. I enjoyed the Scorpio Races. I'm surprised it hasn't been made into a movies yet. |
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Post by RacetrackRejects on Jul 8, 2013 11:48:46 GMT -5
I was thinking the same Niaru. It would be an incredible movie, but I would cry like a baby at the end..lol.
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Post by adcooper on Jul 8, 2013 19:50:20 GMT -5
Help! I am overwhelmed with books to read!
Currently scattered about the house:
The Casual Vacancy (I don't like any of these characters yet.)
Walden on Wheels (about the guy who lived in his van while completing grad school at Duke)
Return of a King (Britain in Afghanistan, 1839-42. Didn't work out so well.)
The End of Your Life Book Club (Nice, but the author better quit showing off his super-wealthy over-achieving family soon.)
Truth Like the Sun (a guy at the library told me to read this--something to do with the World's Fair in Seattle)
And the Mountains Echoed (Khaled Hosseini, I know he won't disappoint, so this may go on vacation with me)
Ashfall (I met the author and asked him to come talk at the library and he said yes. Better get busy reading his books.)
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Post by Bara on Jul 9, 2013 6:21:33 GMT -5
Thanks heavens! I had to re-read the thread to see how we got to 'Greek spaghetti'!!
Niaru, I have family in Belgium, just outside Brussels. My brother-in-law is a chef. "Faugh! I am a cook!" (We still say 'chef'.) I LOVE to visit!
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Post by jbrooks on Jul 9, 2013 13:48:22 GMT -5
Just got done with "The Big Four". I have two more H. Poirot stories to go then the series will be done  Not sure what to move on to. |
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Post by Bara on Jul 12, 2013 3:10:49 GMT -5
Hmmm. You've 'done' Miss Marple, haven't you? And Tommy and Tuppence. Maybe, if you like the period, it could be Mapp and Lucia. E.F. Benson.
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Post by jbrooks on Jul 13, 2013 23:34:58 GMT -5
Hahahaha Not yet but I may have to try one of Miss Marple. I have read one of the Tommy and Tuppence and rally liked it. I seem to be hooked on AC I have so far downloaded 69 books and all but 2 read so far, I love my Kindle. |
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Post by niaru on Jul 14, 2013 9:07:00 GMT -5
Wow, 69?
You've got your "eyes" full!
I've just started "Little Bee" (so I can leave it behind for my in-laws). So far, I really like it.
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Post by Goalie on Jul 14, 2013 10:13:38 GMT -5
What is it about Claire?
side note . I think it was ClaireLV who suggested The Scorpio Races.
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Post by niaru on Jul 17, 2013 7:43:33 GMT -5
It's a novel about a young girl from Nigeria, escaping to England. A tragic story, but written in a matter-of-fact, sometimes even funny way.
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Post by adcooper on Jul 17, 2013 17:39:02 GMT -5
Let us know what you think of Little Bee when you've finished it. I had issues with this book!
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Post by niaru on Jul 22, 2013 11:14:22 GMT -5
Tell me more, Ann! What issues did you have? I liked it. Provocative, sad book. The ending was a bit frustrating to me, but I expected that, somehow...
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Post by adcooper on Jul 22, 2013 14:55:53 GMT -5
I felt the ending was frustrating, mainly because I couldn't believe the characters' motivations were "true," if that can be said of fictional characters!
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