Wishlists

The section which will be updated according to what I want to and what I have already accomplished in terms of tales & yummies...

COOKING (yummies)

1. French macaroons
2. bagels with various tapenades - done
3. bread with cheese and olives - done
4. home-made Rafaelos
5. a BIG Christmas cookies project - done
6. carrot cake - done
7. red velvet cake/cupcakes - done
8. self-made pasta
9. a variation on the pumpkin cream soup
10. scones - done

11. home-made Oreo cookies
12. the traditional Czech honeycake
13. multi-layered cake (at least 4 layers)
14. blondies (the pretty cousin of the brownies)
15. vegetable cheese souffle

READING (tales)

1. A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

2. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

3. The 13 1/2 lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers 

4. The Ground beneath her Feet by Salman Rushdie

5. The Undercover Economist by Tim Harford
6. The Economics of Good and Evil by Tomas Sedlacek
7. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

... sometimes I just feel like I should enter the bookshop and buy it all!

As of October 2011, I am happy to announce I am the proud owner of Mastering the Art of French Cooking vol.1 & vol. 2, which I received as a present and this is the greatest appreciation of my cooking craze/addiction/obsession, so the secret of French brioches, croissants and pastries will gradually be unravelled in the upcoming months! :)