Other stuff

[prog]

Unless I am forgetting someone, nobody on my flist was nanowrimoing last year. This year, a lot of you are. I am proud of all of you and wish I could join you.

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We're at around $9,500 in seed-funding commitments, which is $500 less than halfway to the floor of our "we need this much investment by Dec. 1" range. (And $5,500 less than halfway to the ceiling.) The line is still warm; some people I've pitched to are still thinking or waiting for me to get back to them. I am both confident and very aware of the ticking clock.

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I have started to read I'm Just Here for the Food as my sleepy-time book. (Being an enormous hardcover volume it's not the best form factor for such activity, but whatever.) I like it so far even though it quickly becomes clear that its intended audience has more cooking experience than me. Frequently AB takes a "Allow me to go against everything you've learned" stance, to which I can only say "don't worry about it; please continue."

After a lengthy introduction that explains heat and the different ways to get heat to go from from $HOT_THING to $FOOD, the first chapter covers searing. And here also we get into the territory that misuba warned me about, with AB insisting I hit the kitchen and hardware stores and buy these thingies before attempting to sear anything or I will die. And of course my reaction is hooray for justifiable crazy shopping! I have not done this yet but it is inevitable.

Comments

[misuba.livejournal.com]

Just stay away from "Gear For Your Kitchen" and you'll get away with minimal damage.

Glad you're enjoying the book. It's great for people like me who only really remember things when they understand them.

[leighjen.livejournal.com]

We found Gear very helpful when we were selecting things to get other people to buy for us. :-)