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summer cooking
fresh pasta with onions, sweet pepper, mozzarella, dried tomatoes, and garden herbs including rosemary, basil, oregano & garlic.

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Witch Way to the Mall - Esther Friesner, ed.
A collection of short stories about a standard fairytale element in their natural modern-day venue, the suburb.
Maiden, mother, crone - don't steal a boyfriend, mess with a mom's kid, or ignore a little old lady in these neighborhoods.

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Whiskey & Water - Elizabeth Bear
2nd of a pair of books in the Promethean storyline, Bear's prose gives us a universe as shifty and changeable as the water elementals at the center of this story. Don't grow attached to anyone, as the body count is as high as any war or near-war would cause.
I recommend it for reading, but not if you are in the mood for formulaic simplistic storytelling.

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Master of Dragons - Margaret Weis
Final book of a trilogy, I know I've read at least the first book. The pacing & plot seemed to lag and didn't do as much for me as the first book did.

other than watch it rain this weekend, I did cook a little bit.
One thing that hasn't gotten washed away, or otherwise soaked in the foot or so of rain we've gotten this month is a nice french sorrel. I decided to harvest some for a pork roast. Cleaned out a little bit of everything in the fridge and the herb bed.
Leek, green onions, garlic, celery, onion, spinach, sorrel, cumin, fresh oregano, thyme, chopped and slipped into pockets of the roast seasoned with seasoning salt and balsamic vinegar, roasted on a bed of chunks of sweet & white potatoes.
Also attempted to salvage some cheap sausage in meatloaf with the remainder of the aromatics along with celery, soy sauce & fresh sage.

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Assassin's Apprentice - Robin Hobb
This may be the first book I've read by this author. Interesting world-building premise. May have to read the rest of these now.
This one was courtesy of http://www.suvudu.com/freelibrary/
the Random House/DelRay free ebook library.
Their pdf files seem to be rather larger than the ones at tor.com, so I can't download them to my phone for reading.

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Man-Kzin Wars XII - Hal Colebatch, Matthew Joseph Harrington, Paul Chafe
Yes I've been reading these a long time.
The early volumes are about to fade away in detail, so maybe I should go back and re-read. This one seems a little uneven, but the best two stories are the collaborative ones.

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Dragonwell Dead - Laura Childs
This is the second of her Tea Shop mysteries I'd picked up. Lightweight murder, with recipes.

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The Ladies of Grace Adieu - Susanna Clarke
A set of short stories set in the setting of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. Very readable, enjoyed it.