Michael Ruhlman’s The Elements of Cooking: Translating the Chef’s Craft for Every Kitchen is a reference book for cooks, professional and otherwise, who want to learn more about cooking. The book consists of eight short essays in the first fifty pages called “Notes on Cooking: From Stock to Finesse,” followed by a dictionary of cooking [...]
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The Elements of Cooking by Michael Ruhlman
Posted in book review, tagged book review, books, cooking on July 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Quiet, Please by Scott Douglas
Posted in book review, tagged book review, libraries, public libraries, quotes, Scott Douglas on July 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Quiet, Please by Scott Douglas is a memoir of a twenty-something male librarian in Anaheim, California. It aims to be humorous and anecdotal, but fails to do either well.
As a recent graduate of library school, I took offense to most of what Douglas has to say. His stories about working with the mentally disabled, physically [...]
New and Improved
Posted in intro, recent, tagged books, cooking, expectations on July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome to the new and improved Librarychan blog, formerly known as Library_chan on Blogspot!
I finally converted to WordPress because:
it is easier to customize than Blogspot, and
I like the interface more.
Who knew I would pick something over Google?
In other news, life after graduation has been interesting so far. It’s mid-July already and I’m still job-hunting (career-hunting?), [...]
Day Three at ALA 2008
Posted in conference, tagged ALA Annual Conference 2008, children's services, conference, fun, games, libraries, planning, public libraries, service, young adults services on July 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Day three at ALA was my last day in California, after about four weeks of traveling throughout the state. By that point, I was very tired, and only managed to attend one program before heading home. The program I attended was called Hey! I Want to Do That Too! Gaming and the Elementary Age Child [...]
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