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Happy Chrismahanukwanzakah

Bryant Park Holiday Rink, NYC

Eggnog Pancakes

Over on Twitter last night, I mentioned an experiement in making eggnog pancakes. I know I'm far from the first person to try this, but thought I'd share my method to spread the word on what just may become your newest holiday tradition.

I found that the sweetness and flavour from the eggnog held up on its own...no need for syrup. And that the extra sugar in the eggnog caramelized on the surface of the pancakes to add a pleasent bit of sugary crunch.

Super-simple instructions:

1. Take your favourite pancake recipie -- I used this recipie, as found on Kottke.org.
2. Replace whatever milk the recipie calls for with eggnog -- I added an extra splash of skim milk to thin the batter as I prefer my pancakes more crepe-like than fluffy.
3. Sprinkle in a bit of cinnamon & nutmeg.
4. Cook.
5. Enjoy.

100(ish) Books

98 of the 100-ish books I’ve read since I started keeping a list in TypePad:

       

          

           

           

          

          

          

          

          

       

I say 100-ish  because I know there are a few I’ve missed and there are probably one or two here that I didn’t finish. The two missing thumbnails:

1. Paul Auster: Timbucktu
2. Michael Chabon: Mysteries of Pittsburg

The Educated Imagination

Literature speaks the language of the imagination, and the study of literature is supposed to train and improve the imagination. But we use our imagination all the time: it comes into all our conversations and practical life: it even produces dreams while we’re asleep. Consequently, we only have the choice between a badly trained imagination and a well trained one, whether we ever read a poem or not.

-- Northrop Frye in The Educated Imagination

London Shadows

Neat. The current Google Maps aerial view of London features nice crisp silhouettes of the buildings along the south bank of the Thames.

Close up of the area around the OXO Building and Tate Modern here.

Update: Another close up, showing the HMS Belfast and Tower Bridge here.