April is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.
Winter kept us warm, covering
Earth in forgetful snow, feeding
A little life with dried tubers.—-opening lines from The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot
I often think of T.S. Eliot, my favorite poet, but even more so on April 1st of each year. April is a flirt, teasing us with images of spring flowers and sunshine and then arriving with a frigid (34 F) and blustery dreary day. April fools!
It was a great day to stay indoors and focus on what was new in our kitchen.
First and foremost is the new winery sprouting up in our guest bathroom.
The one in the clear fermenter (actually a secondary FerMonster) is a Pinot Grigio. It is about 7-14 days out from bottling. We have a Tempranillo started in the white bucket. The pinot is clearing up nicely but the color is a bit off-putting. 🙂 Both wines are being made from Winexpert kits purchased at High Gravity in Tulsa.
We tried our hand from making wine from scratch about six years ago. Although we got about 25 bottles from that escapade, I have used most of that wine for cooking and making vinegar. 🙁
Actually, we’re not bottling this go around. We are going to bag our wine.
Although we have a few new “brewery” tools, the only real new kitchen tool I got was this great spoon that The Hubs made me.
That’s about all for the kitchen (or bathroom winery, rather).
I do have April magazines I need to get through.
As well as some new TLC Book Tour selections that I need to get read (and pair a recipe with).
I have finished Good Neighbors by Joanne Serling and I enjoyed it. My post and accompanying foodie item will be posted May 1st. I just started True Stories from an Unreliable Witness by Christine Lahti and am really enjoying it but it may be a challenge to come up with some food inspiration from this memoir. (I do have to post it up on April 10 so wish me well.) Finally, Hurricane Season by Lauren K. Denton is next on my reading list for TLC. It’s post is scheduled for April 25.
I’ve got Padma Lakshmi’s Love, Loss and What We Ate loaded on my Kindle at the moment.
Although there are a few great sounding recipes in this book and I enjoy reading about the Top Chef filming, the structure is a bit odd. (I had no idea she was married to Salman Rushdie.)
Well, that’s all that’s going on in EE’s kitchen for this month. Maybe it will feel more like spring when my lilacs actually bloom.
I’m linking up with In My Kitchen hosted by Sherry’s Pickings.
For what’s going on in the greenhouse and what veggies might end up In My Kitchen (eventually), check out Seed Planting.