doing

watching
A few weeks ago when I read in the NYT that Amy Sherman-Palladino had a follow up (score!) to The Gilmore Girls—The Return of Jezebel James, starring Parker Posey (score!)—there was no question I would add the show to my DVR queue. Unfortunately I missed the first couple episodes, but last night I watched what might have been the third episode. My first impression is that it’s not the instant success that Gilmore Girls was. The story is unfolding slowly in a way that doesn’t really fit a sitcom format, but the show had potential. I say had because Fox announced this morning that Jezebel James has been cancelled after only three episodes. I liked Posey’s daffy character—Sarah, a successful editor (score!) at Harper Collins. The petit annoyances hardly seem worth bringing up now so it’s back to Grounded for Life reruns.

reading
Over the weekend, I finished The Omnivore’s Dilemma, which was very, very good. It’s eye-opening, to be sure. But more, I loved Michael Pollan’s writing style, with its logically composed arguments and richly detailed prose. As a writer, I marveled at the way the prose effortlessly flowed from factual information (statistics, science, history) to personal (Pollan’s experience visiting the corn farmer and the grass farmer, as well as hunting and gathering). My book group met last Thursday to talk about the book. We were each suitably impressed by Pollan, yet horrified by the omnivore’s dilemma of too many food choices, many of which are killing us. I’ve got a little bit of ruminating to do before I write more; then I'll pick up one of the next three food books in the queue—Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Judith Jones’ The Tenth Muse, or John Thorne’s Mouth Wide Open.

eatingFish tacos. For the past few Fridays I have been eating fish tacos for lunch at Golden’s. Made with tilapia fillets and topped with shredded lettuce and pico de gallo with loads of lime and cilantro, these are my fish taco ideal. I tried my hand at making my own tonight. Lunds had tilapia but Simon encouraged me to also buy red snapper so we could compare. I used flour tortillas, which I prefer to corn, and a store-bought but serviceable pico de gallo. The family was split over which fish was better, though my preference was the soft and buttery tilapia. Next time, we’ll make fish tacos on a weekend so we can eat them with this awesome tropical fruit salsa (avocado, pineapple, kiwi, mango, lime juice, red onions, serranos, cilantro).

listening
Carbon/Silicon, Mick Jones' new gig.