My mum returned to Singapore early Thursday morning so the rest of last week was all about returning to regula programming. The husband had a busy weekend of working from home so we didn’t do much. But we did have some in-N-Out on a sunshiney blue-sky California Saturday. 

I’ve been experimenting with the tangzhong method (which requires a roux) of making bread. And am considering writing a post about it. 

And we made pizza 🍕 

 

 

Currently…

 

Reading:

 

Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation – Octavia E. Butler, John Jennings (Illustrations), Damian Duffy (Adapted by)

 

 

Watching:

The Grand Tour

Listening:

 

This is The Story of a Happy Marriage – Ann Patchett

Eating:

Raisin bread with butter for breakfast

Drinking:

PG Tips with milk

Cooking:

Baked rice with bacon, mushrooms and cauliflower

or maybe this baked chicken chop rice recipe 

Rice noodles with french beans, carrots and a protein, maybe chicken or pork sliced up and marinated with soy sauce, grated ginger, sesame oil

Browsing:

Jane Wong and Aditi Machado in conversation (Lit Hub)

I’m not typically a YA reader but this book American Street by Ibi Zoboi sounds good (BookDragon)

Nine modern literary letter collections (The Millions)

Also, immediately requested this from the library – Gwenpool, the Unbelievable Vol (In Tori Lex)

34 books by women of colour to read this year (Electric Literature)

I recently watched The Arrival (and then read the short story – and was fascinated by how they changed the story, more about that another time) and here’s an interesting article from The Millions about how The Arrival is a movie about movies 

I’ve not had a Starbucks brownie but here’s a copycat recipe of it that sounds delicious (Averie Cooks)

Another chocolate recipe. This time a chocolate chiffon from Bake for Happy Kids

 

Last week:

I read:

Captain Marvel, Volume 1: In Pursuit of Flight – Kelly Sue DeConnick (Writer), Dexter Soy (Illustrations), Emma Ríos (Illustrations), Richard Elson (Illustrator), Karl Kesel (Illustrator), Al Barrionuevo (Illustrator)

Strong Female Protagonist – Brennan Lee Mulligan, Molly Ostertag (Illustrations)

Living with the Dead (Women of the Otherworld #9) – Kelley Armstrong

Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? -Henry Farrell

 

I posted:

Weekend Cooking: Oxtail Stew

A Woman in The Crossfire

Books I loved more than I expected to