Books

I've got, like, maybe 10 pages left in The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley. I agree with mk: I also waited too long to read this. After I finish it, I'm going back to War and Peace for the second part, and then... not sure yet. I'm trying only read one or two books at a time, where as my inclination is to have three or four going and jump back and forth between them. My list of books to read is ever expanding faster than I slurp off of it.

Audiobooks

Steph and I are halfway through Cooked by Micheal Pollan. It's interesting. At this point I suspect I'm just a fan of his, although both audiobooks of his that I've heard have landed on the reading list above. Audiobooks are great for getting the gist, but I'm terrible at noticing the details: quotes, recurring figures, remembering mentioned works..

Cooking

Cooked has made me realize that there is a lot of types of cooking that I rarely turn to. I bake. I fry. I boil. I turn things in a skillet. That's mostly it.

I want to learn more slow cooking. Braises and smoking. I want to learn to pickle. To make my own sauces. To cook closer to from scratch, and to do a better job of doing it seasonally.

Small Stuff

I've started making more of a point of checking out all the stickers and fliers stuck up downtown. There's always something interesting.