I was planning on working today but since then we are currently (when I am writing this) under winter weather advisory and it snowed like two inches this evening.....so Portland is basically in shutdown and people in almost panic mode.
This happens when it snows in Portland. So the club was closed and I went to Powell's Books instead to browse books.
It was so serene in there and I got an overwhelming feeling inside that books are beautiful. Even got emotional and teary eyed. Reading is a beautiful thing. I can still kind of remember when I learned how to read, ever since then I have been constantly reading.
I found this great book on pierogis today. When people ask "what's your favorite food", I am like.....I love food too much to pick a favorite food. BUT my true fave foods are pierogis and barszcz. Those are childhood foods and DELICIOUS. But I love food in general.
Here are some pictures from the book. This is barszcz.....red beet soup. I haven't had a proper barszcz since last time I was in Sweden, staying with my Mom.
No I do not make my own pierogis. But growing up I did with my Mom, from scratch at home of course. Mom would make the dough and the filling and I would be in charge of putting a glass upside down on the dough to make the round cut outs and then we would fill the dough with the filling together.
My Mom was born in Southern Poland close to the Ukrainian border. The closest large town was Lublin.
After Powell's Books I went to the grocery store. There was one little sample cup (just for me) left and they had my fave brand of coffee to sample, Stumptown. That made me happy.
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