"natalie babbit" news and stories

It's a lazy Saturday afternoon, and while I know I should run to the market and do all sorts of complicated cooking and baking that I never get to do during the regular work week, all I feel like doing is stepping out onto the back balcony, curling up in the shade on a chaise lounge and...reading.

I have a ton of books on my nightstand that I've started and have yet to finish. With the exception of Blink, all of them are about food, but the one I pick up almost every day is a children's book that I read at least a half dozen times when I was in elementary school: The Search for Delicious by Natalie Babbit. If you actually remember reading this book, then hooray! Otherwise, you may know the author's name because another book, Tuck Everlasting, was made into a movie.

This book, Slashfoodies, is such a fabulous book for all of us, even though it's a children's book. I read it every time I get all huffed and puffed over an argument about food. When I read reviews or even when I write them, when someone disagrees with me, or I disagree with him or her, I remember the message from this book. I won't give it away for anyone who hasn't read the book, but I will say that the search for delicious always ends right here.