Winnowing's progress and Together food

Yesterday I posted, still at the library,  before lunch, and got home to find the two bags of pillows had gone from the front step. 

A bit anxious in case the cleaners had mistaken them for garbage, though I left a note on the door, I checked my Freecycle account and there was a courteous note saying the Freecycler had picked up. 

Lunch was the rest of the pancake batter, two pancakes, and the rest of the shrimp, heavily seasoned. I really like the contrast between a bland food and a spicy one.

Then chop wood, carry water, prep greens, do laundry,  make a cup of tea, sit down for a moment and wake up two hours later. 

So it was evening before I got to the cookbook, and I really love it. Each recipe is introduced by the maker, with a little bio about her and her country of origin. There's a huge range, Somalia, Yemen, Russia, Morocco, India, and more.

I loved their use of spices -- baharat, which I learned to mix from Ottolenghi, berbere, learned from Marcus Samuelsson, the Ethiopian swedish chef -- and mixes they created themselves.  

And I will probably make practically everything in this book. I've got the spices all set already.

Here's a heavily winnowed down series, I could have copied the whole thing

Unboxing!

And speaking of winnowing, yesterday's is coming with me to the knitting group this afternoon, just in case there are any takers, before Freecycle and the thriftie. This is from one coffee table drawer, the one with handy bits of work 

Tiny purses, granny squares waiting to become purses or books, bookmarks, a jumble of things.

Today's winnowing, from the other coffee table drawer, the one I use for bill paying and letters, is destined for the paper recycle

And here's a salute to Ukraine, a year after Pxxxn invaded to take over in three days (!)

Happy day everyone, we got this.