Enchanted Broccoli Forest

The famous Moosewood Cookbooks by Mollie Katzen have been delighting vegetarians for 30 years, but they've only just come to my attention. (I must live in a parallel universe!) In any case, I'm thrilled. The two that I ordered last week from Amazon (secondhand, for a very low price) arrived yesterday, and what a joy they are. The New Moosewood Cookbook and The Enchanted Broccoli Forest both feature Mollie's charming drawings and hand lettering, and are brimming over with mouth-watering recipes. Though the dishes were originally created with vegetarians in mind, even carnivores will be left weak at the knees after sampling some of these treats. Just browsing through the pages is an olfactory experience. Tofu has never been so enticing! But they aren't just about tofu, tahini, and spinach. How could anyone resist sampling something like Eggplant-Pecan Curry, Swiss Cheese and Mushroom Quiche, and Arabian Squash Casserole.

I can't wait to round up a few friends for dinner and treat them to a meal of Potato-Fennel Soup, Scheherezade Casserole, and a Crunchy Top Peach Pie.

Best of all, the recipes are easy to prepare and call for ingredients that one would be likely to have on hand.

I wanted to share news of these treasures, so here you go. You can find the books here:

Enchanted Broccoli Forest

The New Moosewood Cookbook

Enjoy!

Absent But Not Idle!

I feel like the legendary Rip Van Winkel, who fell asleep and woke up 100 years later. Only in my case, it’s been 17 months!

After I created the Inner Sociopath design and posted it here in March 2006 I went AWOL in cyberspace. However, I haven’t been idle. As well as revving up my freelance copyediting business, I’ve been heads-down, tail-up on my online shop DevineDigital, and am thrilled that more people are finding their way to it. Many are leaving with arms full of goodies, like t-shirts, sweatshirts, boxer shirts, bibs, tote bags, framed prints, and other fun as well as useful items.

In fact, I’ve got so carried away in the past few months that I’ve created another shop, The Copy Editor. A former journo and a practicing copy editor and English language trainer, I decided to create a selection of whimsical designs that would appeal to journalists, copy editors, copy writers, proofreaders, writers, English teachers, and basically anyone who works with words and enjoys the challenges and fun of the language.

Here are three design examples:

For more entertaining designs like these on a wide range of products, visit The Copy Editor. There's plenty there to impress and amuse your friends and to raise a few laughs in the teachers' lounge or in the copydesk canteen during the late-night shift.