2006-2007
I will always remember 2006 as the year I started my little blog. It doesn’t matter that no one reads it and that I often don’t have much time for it. It has proven to be a good inspiration for me to utilise the many cookbooks I own (and an excuse to acquire even more hefty tomes, much to the dismay of our barely-coping bookshelves!), as well as an outlet for me to play with taking photos. One of the toys I used to love as a kid was the ViewMaster, and now I’m happily clicking away with my current toy of choice : a digital camera.
2006 will also be remembered as the year of hard work, experiencing new things, eating well (London was an especially big highlight) and the year my balcony turned green. Other favourites I have discovered or rediscovered in the past year include (in no particular order):
Australian Cookbooks:
1. Wild Weed Pie by Janni Kyritsis
2. Let It Simmer by Sean Moran
3. The Cook’s Companion by Stephanie Alexander
4. Two’s Cooking by Jane and Jeremy Strode
5. French by Damien Pignolet
6. Recipes and Stories by Kylie Kwong
7. My Vue by Shannon Bennett
8. Danks Street Depot by Jared Ingersoll
9. Old Food by Jill Dupleix
Music:
1. Le Fil – Camille
2. I am a bird now – Antony & the Johnsons
3. The Cost – The Frames
4. Sultans of Ping
5. Living with War – Neil Young
6. Iron and Wine
7. Sigur Ros
8. Birds – Bic Runga
9. Sufjan Stevens
10. RJD2
Films of 2006:
1. Little Miss Sunshine
2. The Prestige
3. A Scanner Darkly
4. V for Vendetta
5. Tsotsi
6. Cars
7. Candy
8. The Libertine
9. Brick
10. Children of Men
Books I loved:
1. Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro
2. History of Love – Nicole Krauss
3. Curious Incident of the Dog at Night-Time – Mark Haddon
4. Neverwhere – Neil Gaiman
5. Saturday – Ian McEwan
6. Eucalyptus – Murray Bail
7. The Man Who Loved Children – Christina Stead
8. The Rabbits – John Marsden and Shaun Tan
9. Stitch ‘n’ Bitch : The Knitter’s Handbook – Debbie Stoller
10. Powers Vol. 1-9 – Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming
In 2007, B and I will be celebrating our “10th anniversary”. Normally anniversaries just come and go without so much as the bat of an eyelid, but I think a decade is something I’d like to raise the glass to. If we were to celebrate like the Marrieds, the ten year mark is traditionally associated with “tin or aluminium” (bah humbug), but apparently, B, the modern gemstone for ten years is also the ahemdiamondahem.
A very Happy New Year to one and all!
B said,
January 1, 2007 @ 12:04 pm
Yes, but we just watched “Blood Diamond” and you wouldn’t want that on your conscience, would you? 😛
Anna said,
January 2, 2007 @ 12:23 am
thanks for sharing your 06 discoveries. i love little lists of recommendations.
happy new year and all the best for 07! and good luck getting some bling.
kathryn said,
January 2, 2007 @ 8:57 am
Happy new year to you lemonpi . . . and you do have some readers . . . although they might be a bit quiet! Keep up the good blogging work.
Mir said,
January 2, 2007 @ 10:20 am
Happy 2007! Keep the blogging up and running, the world can always do more with delicious looking food photos and blogs.
jules said,
January 2, 2007 @ 1:05 pm
happy new year. I’ve been eyeing off wild weed pie. do you like it?
Helen said,
January 2, 2007 @ 10:53 pm
Happy New Year! And I agree, diamonds definitely at ten years! 🙂
Y said,
January 3, 2007 @ 1:22 am
Wild Weed Pie, absolutely LOVE it. All the recipes I’ve tried so far, have worked without a hint of doubt. The next thing I really want to try from that book is the stuffed pig’s ear. Lots of beautiful looking desserty things too.
Liz & Louka said,
January 19, 2007 @ 4:22 pm
I’m going to have to read some of your book recommendations: I loved Eucalyptus too, and I’ve been meaning to get on with some of the others. Thanks!
S said,
February 14, 2007 @ 11:46 am
Agree with your #1 film, and quite liked your #1 book but would probably have Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami) or An Equal Music (Vikram Seth) in my #1 book spot…
Y said,
February 18, 2007 @ 10:12 am
Yeah, B liked that Murakami book too.. Shocking and unbelievable as it may sound, I’m kind of a bit over Murakami at the moment. Hopefully it’s just a phase!