A nice change from the ubiquitous tomato.

Current book: None

Cooking this week, on the subject of not literature, included Farfalle with Pine Nuts, Prosciutto, Spinach, and Raisins, and was excellent, especially when I added lemon juice not called for by the recipe. (Because my habit of reading too many cooking blogs and trying new recipes allowed me to recognize the fact that the dish lacked an acid component.) After I added it, it went from "Oh, this is good," to "Excellent!" I was pretty proud of myself.

This post, you might note, is a bit late for me. I forgot to update until just now, but I didn't have anything else to say about Henry James anyway. I'm glad I'm done with him. Of course, William Faulkner's next, so it's a bit of the old "frying pan, fire" problem. But I endure. It's because I'm stoic. I am! Totally stoic! Oh, shut up.