One of the nice surprises is that a few of my classes/labs will not be held this week, which means I only have ONE class during these NINE days! Besides the pesky distraction of a project and exam to prepare for, I am totally on Turkey Time :o) So, I finally have some time to go through the massive cookbook my parents got for me as a late birthday gift (they waited to order the second edition which just came out a month or so ago). It is 1500 pages of Italian cuisine, but with some other influences, mostly French.
Here is the grand-daddy of cookbooks, The Silver Spoon.
Two nights ago I made eggplant fricassee (stewed eggplant with an egg-lemon sauce--must be French), and last night we had spinach ricotta gnocchi (the picture shown here in the book; I was too lazy and hungry to photograph the dish before eating it, hah).
Besides cooking, Seth and I spent an evening watching a show suggested by my microbiology professor. Thankfully it aired on PBS, which meant we could watch it streaming off the internet (this is very nice for those of us who are TV-deficient). It is a wonderful and extremely fascinating story called My Life as a Turkey (click the link), about a man who becomes the mother of 16 wild turkeys. After watching it I can't stop thinking about those 12 that live in our neighborhood!
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