The Key To My Kitchen Happiness

Last night I ordered pizza because I was in bed all day with a cold.  Today, as I drink my coffee, sneeze in rapid intervals and nurse myself back, I'm brainstorming dinner ideas for tonight.

I wrote a post a while back about what the key to my writing happiness was.  So I thought I would now do one that explores my kitchen/cooking happiness.

1. A clean house


2. Fresh flowers (I just love fresh flowers around the house)

3. I enjoy hearing and watching the Food Network while I am cooking, something about it is comforting. 

4. Sharing what I've made with the people I love.

5. Fresh ingredients, especially, fresh lemons and limes, herbs, and garlic.

6. I love chopping, it's therapeutic, except onions, that's just painful

7. A yummy beverage, even if it's an ice cold water with lemon.

8. My blender/food processor, my zester, and a good sharp knife.

9. My Kindle, I have cook books on it that I've found very helpful, especially Julia's Kitchen Wisdom.

10. Cookbooks, old and new.  Nothing is better than always being surrounded by books, at least for me that is the case.

Those are my top ten keys to kitchen/cooking happiness.  What are yours?

Open Mouth, Insert Kindle

Not long ago, I wrote a post regarding my fear and lets face it, completely ignorant distaste for e-readers.  I was afraid of what they meant for the livelihood of good old fashioned paper books.

I said that I felt that I would miss the experience of feeling and smelling the paper in my hands while taking on the journey of a book.

I realize how, in our ever changing world of technology as well as the growing venues in which authors write and publish, that logically, this makes sense.  Due to a most gracious reader and comment left by them, I began giving my strong opinions on e-readers, much thought.

So I humbly come before you now and say, admit, I was wrong.  I believe that e-readers give more opportuinities for reading.  I know it has for me.  First, I downloaded Kindle on my Blackberry.  I read two full novels off that tiny screen because it was so accessible.  Then I downloaded it onto my laptop.  Once that was done I started feeling my foot making its way toward my mouth.

I decided that I not only wanted a Kindle but that I needed one.  As a writer, one MUST read, making time for reading when ever and where ever possible.  When I was able, I purchased one.

I have thoroughly enjoyed my Kindle and highly recommend them.  Not only are you able to read more often than normal but you are able to bring several, thousands if you desire, of different types of reading material, all in a compact way.  I love being able to bounce around different books and magazines at the touch of a button.

Much to my surprise, you are even able to access the web.  In fact, I am writing this very post from my Kindle.  I thought it was fitting.

Thank you to my readers for helping me see the light!