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poltr1On a brighter note, my copy of Moog's Musical Eatery by Shirleigh Moog came in yesterday.
Big thanks to ABEBooks.com for helping me locate a copy at a bookstore in North Dakota. It's been out-of-print and on my wish list for years, after borrowing a copy at a library that used to be local to me.
Shirleigh is -- or was, since I heard they divorced -- the wife of Bob Moog, the inventor of the electronic music synthesizer. Long-time readers of my LJ know that Bob Moog is one of my musical heroes -- not for performance, but for his inventive genius. I really hope to meet him before either of us passes away.
As their company (R.A. Moog Inc., soon to be known as Moog Music) was starting up in Trumansburg NY (near Ithaca) in the 60s, there would be a steady stream of artists and musicians coming over for meetings and dinners.
Two challenges with preparing meals for guests are ease of preparation and expense. The recipes in this cookbook are easy to prepare, and don't require expensive ingredients. Each recipe also features some backstory, such as who it was served to, the circumstances and events happening around dinner, and preparation notes.
The only downside with the book is that it's not perfect-bound or spiral-bound, allowing the pages to stay open while the book is open. The person who had the book before me must have made lots of bran muffins or whole wheat rolls, as the binding has a crease on these pages.
So, if I was having a housefilk, or hosting my own miniature filk con, this would be the first cookbook I'd reach for when considering what to feed my guests. Even before old standards like The Joy of Cooking or The Betty Crocker Cookbook.
Many of the recipes are for 4, 6, or 8 people. We have 2 and one-half eaters in my family. I can scale them down, but dining is much more enjoyable when there's more than two. Is anyone interested in helping me try out these recipes?
Big thanks to ABEBooks.com for helping me locate a copy at a bookstore in North Dakota. It's been out-of-print and on my wish list for years, after borrowing a copy at a library that used to be local to me.
Shirleigh is -- or was, since I heard they divorced -- the wife of Bob Moog, the inventor of the electronic music synthesizer. Long-time readers of my LJ know that Bob Moog is one of my musical heroes -- not for performance, but for his inventive genius. I really hope to meet him before either of us passes away.
As their company (R.A. Moog Inc., soon to be known as Moog Music) was starting up in Trumansburg NY (near Ithaca) in the 60s, there would be a steady stream of artists and musicians coming over for meetings and dinners.
Two challenges with preparing meals for guests are ease of preparation and expense. The recipes in this cookbook are easy to prepare, and don't require expensive ingredients. Each recipe also features some backstory, such as who it was served to, the circumstances and events happening around dinner, and preparation notes.
The only downside with the book is that it's not perfect-bound or spiral-bound, allowing the pages to stay open while the book is open. The person who had the book before me must have made lots of bran muffins or whole wheat rolls, as the binding has a crease on these pages.
So, if I was having a housefilk, or hosting my own miniature filk con, this would be the first cookbook I'd reach for when considering what to feed my guests. Even before old standards like The Joy of Cooking or The Betty Crocker Cookbook.
Many of the recipes are for 4, 6, or 8 people. We have 2 and one-half eaters in my family. I can scale them down, but dining is much more enjoyable when there's more than two. Is anyone interested in helping me try out these recipes?
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Date: 2004-11-04 06:22 am (UTC)We really do need a co-housing community of filkers; now, if we could only decide *where* it would be!