Along with rediscovering some cookbooks this month (like the book of Mexican family recipes I have, or my Culinaria Italy), I’ve decided I’m going to outdo my slacker college career and read some classics this month, with the help of DailyLit, a great free service that emails you portions of classic books daily. I’m also finishing up Perfume (which I got from the public library, thank you very much), and Anthony Bourdain’s second book.

It’s been a great few months of culture here in the bay area with lots of new culinary adventures (Bar Crudo, among others in the city–see my Yelp) and far more music events than I’ve probably had in my lifetime. As summer dwindles away I’m thinking about persimmons and root vegetables and soups and hopefully we’ll have something great to talk about soon.