The New York Times Natural Food Cookbook. I got it in the late 70's in paperback. Last fall, I found an old hardback copy in good condition. I was ecstatic because my copy was in three pieces. I have truly loved this cookbook. I have been making the whole wheat banana bread recipe from this for as long as I can remember owning it. The only tweak I made consistently was adding a generous quarter cup of sesame seeds to the batter. All these years, I have looked forward to brown bananas so I could make this recipe.
The other day, I got the batter ready and said to my son who happened to be in the kitchen...."What can we do differently this time?" His suggestion was to add fruit. We happened to have blueberries, so in they went. I did not expect it to be so absolutely delicious!
I decided to make twelve placemats with the Paintstik bamboo panels that I made. I clearly wanted an Asian theme for the fabric I chose. I hunted through a box and found a lovely piece that my wonderful stepmother brought back from Japan maybe fifteen years ago. I was so excited to be able to finally feel good about using it.
The bamboo panels got a 1/4" border of dark green with metallic gold dots...
and the result was this. They are super-sized placemats 15" x 20".
I've been wanting to get the brown star quilt done, so I completed the blocks for the April class...
May class...
and June class...
Thankfully, I have now finished ten out of the twelve blocks. Two more to go....then I can put it all together!
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