Back in September I told you about something that happens in the food blog world: Friday Favorites.   Just a quick way for me to share with all of you some things that have struck my fancy lately. Possibly food related, maybe just life related, and definitely book related. Hopefully you’ll find something on this list that interests you, and if so, I would love to hear about it!

I read this piece out loud to coworkers yesterday during lunch, and we were laughing hysterically. If you try to pack yourself lunch everyday, then this is for you.

“To Kill A Mockingbird” is one of my top ten favorite books ever. I read it in middle school, and then last year I listened to Sissy Spacek’s audiobook version and fell in love all over again. In January, I just listened to the entire thing for the second time, and got even more out of it. If you have never tried audiobooks before, this is a great place to start. Sissy Spacek does an amazing job. And if you haven’t heard, in July the first book Harper Lee wrote is coming out, telling the story of Scout 20 years later. It’s been all over the news, and I am so curious to read it.

Want another audiobook/book suggestion?… 

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So you’ve heard me say it before that I have been reading food blogs obsessively for years, right? It’s allowed me to figure out what kind of photos I like, what kind of writing draws me in, and what kind of recipes actually get me cooking versus the ones that just inspire me.  I’m partial to the blogs that tell me stories, where I get to know the person who’s creating it all, and often find myself “tuning in” just so I can see the world through someone else’s eyes for a few minutes, instead of my own. It’s an escape, my own little oasis on the web. The food is secondary sometimes, because I’ve become interested in these strangers’ worlds.  When Shauna wrote about adopting her son, my heart filled up. When Merry-Jennifer wrote about her father in the months before he died, I kept reading even when she had no recipes to share, because her experience rang bells for me. She shared a letter he wrote to her when she was nine, and it’s stuck with me months later. An oncologist with two kids, her blog is for her own sanity and it’s beautiful. I read everything Phyllis posts because of her honesty and because she makes me laugh, and because how she writes about motherhood is awesome.

One construct that you see frequently on food blogs is the collection of “Friday Favorites.” People use different names, like Friday Round-up, The Friday Five, and Link Love, and while I tried to think of some catchy new title, I decided to just call it what it is. I’ll be posting a quick selection of things that I feel are worth your time; they may be food related, and they may not. They’ll be things that have brought something into my life in one way or another, so if you see something on the list that strikes you, I would love to hear about it in the comments. The links are there to click on (as they are in all the posts I write! Try them, they lead to cool things and aren’t just there for show!,) so hopefully this gives you another reason to look forward to Fridays! Happy reading. :-)… 

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