It's QUIET. The gifts are gone from beneath the tree, the wrapping paper all tidied away, the dishwasher finished with multiple cycles. After the mad rush leading up to Christmas, there is time for a cup of tea and a bit of contemplation.
And there is time to enjoy my new books! To paraphrase Jo March, Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without any books!
From my daughter, a cookbook, Carla Lalli Music's (food editor of Bon Appetit) newest, called WHERE COOKING BEGINS. She's my new favorite food writer, and I'll enjoy this one as much for the prose as the recipes.
And from Santa hubby, the first of the Harry Potter books illustrated by Jim Kay. I had been swooning over these (THE GOBLET OF FIRE was just recently released) since I read an interview with Jim Kay while I was in London.
And it is gorgeous!! A book to be savored--and in a few years, read with granddaughter Wren, but in the meantime it's very much a book to be enjoyed a chapter at a time with the aforementioned cup of tea.
REDs and readers, were there books in your Christmas? Please share you faves, or tell us if there was something on your list that you are still pining for. We promise we will pass it along to Santa!
