2012, Week Twenty-Seven

At the beginning of last week, I was still at ALA in Anaheim. As it turns out, I missed one of my favorite food bloggers, Adam the Amateur Gourmet, who was giving away cupcakes in the exhibit hall. Worlds colliding! And I missed it. I was probably in a meeting somewhere. Sigh.

I did get to spend some time in the exhibits, where I usually find about a bazillion books I want to read. Since I can’t bring them all home, I take pictures of the books I am most intrigued by. So for two days, those are the only pictures I took. So exciting.

June 24 – This one looks awesome. I grew up eating Mexican Food in San Diego and it is serious comfort food to me, even more so than mashed potatoes, I think. I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy of this.

June 25 – There weren’t as many cookbooks in the booths as I had hoped, but I did see a few beautiful specimens. This one was intriguing, even though I don’t usually like cookbooks from magazines. The photos were great and the recipes looked easy, healthy, and creative. I’ll keep my eye out for this one.


June 26 – I woke up very early on Tuesday morning so I could get on the road and get to my parents’ house. Bonus: the sunrise viewed from my hotel room. I love this image.

June 27 – Would you like a salad?

June 28 – This girl is my heart.

June 29 – We went to Legoland on Friday. They have this area called Miniland where there are replicas of major American cities built out of legos. None of the photos I took convey how totally amazing it is. I loved Lego San Francisco the best, but Lego New York was incredible, too. And Lego New Orleans even had a jazz funeral.

June 30 – My parents could not resist buying me birthday gifts, even though it’s not quite my birthday yet. But…I got a crepe pan! I’ve already made crepes twice. I’m perfecting my recipe, but you can be sure I’ll be sharing soon. (I’ve been eating crepes for breakfast all week so far.)