Book It
January 7, 2010
Thanks to the internet and Food Network we barely look at cookbooks anymore. However, sometimes I eat with my eyes so to speak and become inspired via large glossy pictures.
I wrote about my love for the ultra healthy but amazingly delicious Babycakes Bakery in my October 5 post (scroll down and look for a picture with large fluffy donuts). Since trekking down to Broome street isn’t a realistic option for most, Babycakes thankfully offers a great cookbook for in home healthy-ness. Already on my list of favorite presents to give, this book is filled with bold pictures that honestly make you smile when you flip through (although who wouldn’t when looking at cupcakes page after page) plus short bursts of information to intro readers to the natural, vegan and gluten free ingredients used.
Get the book and bake it…don’t fake it.
Born To Run – Not Just A Springsteen Song
October 15, 2009
I’m not a book worm by any stretch of the word (I can hear my brothers making fun of me right now) but I do come across a few good reads every couple of…decades…that I can’t put down – one being, Born To Run.
Born To Run is an incredible book that explores the culture of running, the endurance of the Tarahumara Tribe as well as the sanity/insanity behind ultra marathon training (or in the Tarahumara’s case, running 100+ miles following an all night drink fest). Christopher McDougall, author and former journalist, also debates the architecture of the human foot and why we potentially would be better off running/walking sans sneakers. Even if you don’t run, or particularly like to read sport’s books (me), this is a quick and interesting read. It’s a story, a sociology lesson and an anatomy class all in one.
You’ll be hooked. You won’t want it to end. And by the last chapter, you’re going to want to be eating salads for breakfast and thinking orthotic inserts are the devil (read the book, you’ll know what I’m talking about).
