Such inspirational theme, Take your poet to work day!
To celebrate it, I'm sharing a short poem.
It pretend be a haiku, but I'm no sure about its metric…
It means “The mint, in its flowerless spring, laments“, I made a pun with the Spanish word menta and la menta, but in English I can't!
I hope you enjoy anyway!
#takeyourpoettoworkday
Just want to show you this unexpected place where I found a free book, in a food public market.
They called R-Llibres, and his mission is rescue, reuse, reread...
It was sparkly to me when I saw! It's a wonderful initiative to promote reading!
I hope you have one of that in your town!
#freebook
We never stop learning about wine.
In thousands of years of history, it has always been a place to improve and change.
Currently, I'm starting to read a book (El Libro Rojo De La Cata), written by very important catalan sommelier, to recuperat the basics notions about wine. This kind of book is essential to understand the whole thing is doing about this insatiable drink.
✨️👄 Cheers, my dear!
In the pic, a bookmark made in bruges crochet.
#ValloweenSwap
@WildAlaskaBibliophile @TieDyeDude
Such gorgeous books and goodies from my match, Andrew!
I am so thankful for this, and I'm really excited to start reading.
I reserved it for March, so I'm counting down mood! And maybe the pages will be in the candlelight!🕯📚
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In February of 2025, the 19h edition of Crime Novel Week took place in Barcelona, and the second edition of the book tagged was presented.
It brings together a selection of gastronomic texts from other books and recipes for the dishes mentioned in them. Sounds delicious, isn't it!
#spanishreading #crimenovel #noirnovel #novelanegra
#ValloweenSwap
@WildAlaskaBibliophile @tiedyedude
I just received the books from my match!
So sweet packing! I love it!
📚 One of the books is tagged, and the other one is The body is not an apology, by Sonya Renee Taylor.
(more pics soon)
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#foodandlit 🇳🇱
Netherlands with mountains and ocean regions have a great variety of food and also have an interesting production of wine. Noorbeek has its winery village and St. Martinus vineyard has ones own pop restaurant.
Continue reading in the post Comer & Beber en Neetherlands, on my blog (in spanish), https://patriciabarbosa.substack.com
Netherlands travel blog , https://www.visitingthedutchcountryside.com
❤️ @Catsandbooks @Texreader
#fooandlit2025
Lovely selection of countries to discover news flavours and words this year!
Poetry and fiction snugged from Library Thing.
And the amazing it's one of them is on paper!
So excited to read them!
Know a little more about the tagged book, by Sonya Matejko in https://www.sonyamatejko.com/everlasting-spring
#womanauthor
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I just started reading one of the best gastronomy books published in Spain in 2024, Cremo! by Maria Nicolau, a catalan chef who shows us her particular point of view about local and worldwide gastronomy, from her own experience.
Her sincere way to speak, without fears and plenty of honesty, made this book very popular and revelador.
I'm having a very funny and exciting reading till now!
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#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView
1. At the beach... and in summer, like in Rio de Janeiro...
2. Tagged book, short stories about grown-up in the favela neighbourhood.
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Such a wonderful history!
I'm got two versions of the book, one from 2012 and the other from 1970... I love both covers, but the translation from the second one is more formal and in a complicated Spanish writing to be understood, I'm find a little hard but is interesting to see how the way to use a language can change time by time.
#whatthedickens @Cuilin @Texreader
Today is a rainy day in Barcelona, we hope for the whole weekend, and I am wondering what kind of books would be perfect for this...
Look at these suggestions to get some inspiration...
and let we know what about if you did read some of them.
☔️From Popsugar, https://www.popsugar.com/love/books-rainy-day-42466035
☔️from Zeezest, https://zeezest.com/culture/15-books-to-read-on-a-rainy-afternoon-zee-zest-3902h...
[pic from gonul gezbul]
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#foodandlit September Malaysia
Hosted by @Catsandbooks @Texreader
Some great cookbooks to taste Malaysia!
See and know a little more about them in https://www.tatlerasia.com/dining/food/malaysian-cookbooks-2022
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#5joysfriday @DebinHawaii
• Reading the tagged book🐳
#foodandlit 2024 July | #Turkey
@catsandbooks @texreader
Looking for something to share about Turkey, I found two great restaurants to try.
One is Turco, in my neighbourhood, just round the corner where I live, and the other one, Ali Ocakbaşı walking half an hour!
Both seem to offer authentic Turkish dishes.
On my list when back from summer holiday!
(play in the comments #myfavoritecocktail2024)
One of the most famous cocktail with tomatoes is the Bloody Mary, invented in 1921, by Fernand Petiot.
Now try this easy nonalcoholic version from the cookbook La cocina española:
TOMATO COCKTAIL
Prepare in a cocktail shaker: a few pieces of ice. Natural tomato juice. A little bit of celery salt. A little bit of common salt.
Shake well and serve very cold.
Cheers!
#myfavoritecocktail
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Lovely illustrations of traditional Spanish old kitchen.
From the spanish book
La cocina española, by Candido (Castilla's chamberlain), published by Plaza & Jane.
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#endcovers
#192025 #192025challenge #1970 @Librarybelle
To celebrate #NationalFoodTruckDay
I'd like to share this book, the first one about this delicious phenomenon in Spain.
Food trucks are inspired by centuries-old food carts dating back to the 17th century, and in 1936, Wienermobile became the first official modern food truck.
One of my favourites is a wine truck we can see in some events in Catalonia, https://www.instagram.com/thewinetruck.cat
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#summersouls #rainy
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
Pluviofilo,
persona a quien le encanta la lluvia, quien encuentra alegria y paz interior en días lluviosos.
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#summersouls #birds
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
I just reminded I have these two books about birds, both in catalan... on my #tbr session!
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#summersouls #birds
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
Lovely composition with a brodery bird and some sweets!
[from instagram @clubedobordado]
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Cookbook suggestion for
#picnic in #summersouls
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
I also find another interesting,
The Picnic Cookbook: Outdoor Feasts for every Occasion, by Laura Mason,
Both sounds lovely!
#foodandlit 2024 May | Spain
@Catsandbooks @Texreader
And that's some of the gastronomy inspiration I'm reading this season, the romantic and right laugh novel Sal de vainilla 🤎
and Teoria i pràctica del vermut, a detailed book with historical and practical information about this beverage, that in Spain is more than a drink, the vermut!
#spanishreading #catalanreading
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@Catsandbooks @Texreader
This book has a love collection of short stories set in out of this world... we sure can say it's a funny and clever tiny syfy novels collection, and my favourite one is Hombres por correo Lohmann so far...
In a few days, I'll attend an event with the writer, and many other ladies who read and drink wine...Will be my first time with them, and I'm so excited! 😋
#winewomenandwords
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#foodandlit 2024 January | Ghana
@Catsandbooks @Texreader
Just to let my contribution for the Foodandlit I found this post with an impressively selection of cookbooks with Ghanaian recipes and wrote by great chefs,
https://bakeaholicmama.com/ghanaian-cookbooks
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El Banquete, de Orazio Bagnasco.
I've just started to read, but the synopsis* promises a great history...
The author has a deep knowledge of ancient gastronomy and a big cookbook collection's, almost five thousand books!
*Murders, intrigues, passions, and power struggles are woven around the wedding party that, to celebrate the lavish banquet that will crown the wedding between Gian Galeazzo Sforza and Isabella of Aragon.
#pbccookbookhaul2024
#foodandlit #foodandlit2023
@Catsandbooks @Texreader
Nina Olsson is an amazing Sweden chef who many years ago had a restaurant in Barcelona and wrote a great book with Sweden recipes. She won the Goumand World Cookbook Award 2023!
Just if you would like to see more about her, Instagram ninaolsson_cocina_nordica
#foodandlit #foodandlit2023
@Catsandbooks @Texreader
I'm reading Afrodite from the impressive Isabel Allende, a Chilean writer.
That book is about afrodisiac ingredients and recipes, and almost of them are notes telling her experiences, plenty of sensuality, and erotism.
One of her more important books even becomes a movie as The house of the spirits and Of love and shadows.
#spanishreading
#foodandlit Ningeria by @Catsandbooks and @Texreader
Look at this lovely interview with Yewande Komolafe and discover her ten essentials of ningerian food,
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/24/dining/nigerian-food-yewande-komolafe.html
[original pic from nytimes]
Sorry, the tagged book didn't match with the picture yet...
But I'd share some lines about Costa Rica, and I found something about food and wine to deep a little in their gastronomy...
📖 Living, recipes from Costa Rica, by Melissa www.recipesfromcostarica.com
🍷Introduction at Costa Rican wine, https://bit.ly/47P1l3O
🇸🇻 They use the expression Pura Vida to express health and happiness
#foodandlit by @Catsandbooks @Texreader
Seems a memorable and gorgeous cookbook from hungarian writer...
#foodandlit #foodandlit2023
By @Catsandbooks and @Texreader
Try some hungarian recipes, https://www.tasteofmemories.com/category/recipes
To make impressive pairing, learn a little of hungarian wines (my favourite one: tokaj), https://tastehungary.com/journal/guide-to-hungarian-wine-regions
pickCoffee as cocktail base, mix with others ingredients, sure will make your night... or daylong!
It's a so sweet book, just a few pages but with truely great information about coffee, besides funny facts, poetry, other helpful content and some easy recipes.
The book is so beautiful, with lovely photo and design!
Read my impression,
https://patriciabarbosa.substack.com/p/all-things-coffee-de-farnaz-calafi-en
#cookbookreviewpbc #cookbookreview
This it's my gorgeous #naturalitsy!
Really glad due the many lovely little things besides the amazing book I had in my wishlist. I loved the original bookmarks and the tiny bees a lot!
@jenniferw88 So thanks for the love you expressed making this package!
#midsummerswap
Books about books😅
#spanishreading #catalanreading
pickIt is a dramatic and beautiful story with champagne as a reference.
A man who lives many adventures during the world and national wars to maintain the legacy of the best wine and champagne maker of his time.
This occurs mainly between Catalonia and France, and reminds us of the value of resilience and perseverance.
#cookbookreviewer #bcncookbookreview
#BlitsySwap
The tagged book is one of two books I received... one and the other inspire great flavours and histories from power women with their family and community.
Really thanks @karisa and @chelleo
I just received some of the lovely cards I'm waiting for🤩 both of them so sweet and with a handmade touch...
So thanks, @catsandbooks @chrissyreadit @staycurious
#valentinescardswap
Plenty of love intentions i send #valentinecardswap yesterday!😍
Suggestion of places to visit, books to read and #lovequotes to inspire you...
While you waiting, get some coloured pencils!
@catsandbooks
Some Uganda writers...
Novel, poetry, fiction and nonfiction... did you already read some of them?
#foodandlit #foodandlit2023 by @catsandbooks @texreader
#spanishreadig
To know a little more read
https://africamundi.es/2022/10/16/4-escritores-ugandeses-que-quizas-no-conocias
Our romantic character is in serious loving matter due a social media content show without her permission...
This #firstlinefridays reflect one of her hard moment...
@shybookowl #theflatshare
What a wonderful #endpages... grapes in its different ages!
pick#fridaycomics
Great occasion to tell how amazing this book is. It have many short stories with wine as protagonist. Even the colours of text and the wonderful illustration was inspired in this drink!
My favorite one is a sy-fy relat with a surprising end!
To taste a little about it here's a short video with one of this stories,
https://youtu.be/vAZd0GlCCIE
so-soThis a new and so sweet history about overcoming and bravery. A little girl overcomes her fears and helps her family by cooking delicious cakes with some ingredients from a secret garden...
📝 my impression here,
https://patriciabarbosa.substack.com/p/chica-mermelada-susana-blanco
😏 for young readers
#foodreading #spanishreading
#foodandlit2022 by @butterfinger @catsandbooks @texreader
I'm a little late by following this event but I love this initiative! So thanks for the organizers to tag me many times! 🤩
Soon il share something about France cousine I'm really love about it... creps, charlotte, croissants😋
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