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Just two short blocks full of Portland's food carts separates me from Knit Purl during this 3 month stay. I even became the Mayor yesterday as I joined Sivia Harding and a bunch of keen Oregonian knitters for a full day workshop on the art of designing our own top-down triangle shawl.
I chose a really simple triangle leaf design and used a pretty autumnal shade of copper in silky cotton and I'm quite chuffed with the result thus far. Just a few hundred rows to go...
Millie x
Inspired by our recent Oregon fly fishing adventure I went down to Powells in search of further fishy reading and came across this little gem instead.
Clearly the cover is a bit of an attention grabber, but apart from being a chic gun toting red-head, Georgia Pellegrini describes a life that has gone full circle. From a rural, semi-self sufficient childhood, to trader at Lehman Brothers to the French Culinary Institute and back to the land again, hunting for her own game in some of the most remote parts of the US and UK.
The book is a mix of hunting adventure tales, game recipes and reflection upon the gap in our connection with the food we eat and where it came from.
She describes turkey, deer and boar hunts in a way that makes you wish you were right there in a tweed jacket on a cold winter's morning. She portrays the colourful characters she meets along the way - some you think you'd like to join for a whiskey and a cigar and others you're happy to stay well clear of.
Georgia's writing style is so warm and engaging and without a single hint of the preachiness that sometimes goes with books about food politics. I feel like this book isn't just for committed omnivores, I think anyone who entertains the idea of preparing food they caught (or grew) themselves, or anyone who just cares about where their food comes from will enjoy reading this book.
I'm thinking this might work quite well in Wellington?
However, a start time of 8pm on a Monday may need to be reconsidered.
Millie x
