pseudo boethius

SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 2023 

BOOKS / RECIPES / GENERAL COOKBOOK

For someone who owns nearly 100 cookbooks and who has been cooking for decades, why a buy a cookbook that teaches you how to cook?   It makes no sense.

Well, the simple reason is that all cooking comes down to learning proper techniques right from Day One.  So I got this book to help me reinforce the basics of cooking.   

One thing this book leaves out is proper knife techniques.  The French and Chinese are very big on proper use of knife, but for some odd reason most American instructional cooking courses have little to say about it.  To fill that hole, I've found the best place to learn how to use and maintain a knife is YouTube.   

I've paged through the book, and I think it will be an excellent resource for cooks of any skill level.  There is always something new to learn. 

- Pseudo Boethius

Monday, April 3, 2023 

BOOKS / RAILROADS / DULUTH, MISSABE & IRON RANGE

Just got this book last week from Perry's Hobbies in Morgan, Minnesota.   For a book about ore cars, it's one of the most beautiful books I've ever owned.  The paper quality and the binding are first rate.   

I bought it for my continued research into the railroads of northern Minnesota.  Northern Minnesota is the home of the "iron range", one of the richest iron ore deposits in America.   Iron ore is a very heavy ore, so to move the ore to the steel mills that need it, several railroads were built to serve the mines in the area.  

Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Equipment, 1883-2004
by Daniel P. Holbrook
published by Signature Press
ISBN: 978-1-930013-41-4

Sadly, this book is no longer in print, and Signature Press is out of business.    

Monday, April 3, 2023 

MUSIC / NEW WAVE / THE TALKING HEADS

A clip from the greatest concert film ever made: "Stop Making Sense".   This may be the most iconic song of the entire movie, as the lead singer, David Byrne, dons his famous "Big Suit" for this number.   David Byrne was, and still is, a mad genius.   

Monday, April 3, 2023 

MUSIC / NEW WAVE / THE TALKING HEADS

Need some music to get your booty moving?  There's literally nothing better than "Life During Wartime" by the Talking Heads.   This will get your booty groovin' in no time!   This video is a clip from the greatest concert movie ever filmed: 1984's "Stop Making Sense".   

The actual concert in the film took place in December of 1983 in Los Angeles, and the film was released in '84.