Digital Eats

I have been browsing through our digital library recently. There is SO MUCH in there. It's a bit like Alice's rabbit hole. My most recent discovery has been on the digital media site Overdrive Media.

On a whim, I began searching for some of the books that I have on hold and have been waiting for for some time.

AND THEY WERE THERE! In e-Book format, which normally I wouldn't use because I don't have an e-Reader (yet..Christmas is coming up...*hint hint*). But! The most wonderful thing is that I can read them on my computer (in my browser or in an e-Reader programme), or even on my phone!

This really works out wonderfully for me because the books I was looking at are vegan, gluten-free, and other allergen friendly recipe books! So I can set up my computer or phone in the kitchen with these books on them and start cooking and baking up a storm!

I am a huge fan of cooking and baking, especially experimenting with vegan and gluten-free recipes. I am so excited to have these readily available for me, rather than having to wait for months! Some of them I did have to put a hold on, but with the digital copy I was 1 out of 1 holds instead of 18 out of 25 or something! It's a pretty great deal.

Gluten-Free and Vegan Bread

Gluten-Free and Vegan Holidays

Vegan Pizza

Gluten-Free and Vegan Pie

Just a little out there...

This post celebrates the quirks and queernesses of today's literature, with some of the oddest titles and concepts in print. These can give us a laugh on a quiet day in the office - hope they bring a grin to your face too.

You've all heard of Pig Tits and Parsley Sauce (and if not, where have you been?) It's a guide to scrimping and saving in these tough times, and generally using baking soda for everything short of contact lens solution. The book is proving very popular - which just goes to show the power of a what the _?! title.

Now let me introduce one for the kids: The Perplexing Pineapple. It's actually short for The Cryptic Casebook of Coco Carlomagno and Alberta: The Perplexing Pineapple. Try squeezing that on the spine of a book with just 68 pages. While I'm intrigued by the idea of a perplexing piece of fruit, I'm rather at a loss. I mean, what's wrong with it? Is it a purple perplexing pineapple? Does it tap dance across the table? Out next year - The Loquacious Loquat, featuring a fruit that won't shut up. Followed by The Irritable Bowl.

For non-fiction nuts, here's The Nazi Occult. It's all about the crazy experiments Hitler
encouraged into things like werewolves, mythical spears that make you invincible, the Holy Grail and the like. Because watching Disney's Snow White every day wasn't lala enough.

Now for the title that I liked best: I Know What You Did Last Supper. Regardless of your views on the Bible, it's a fabulous concept, and a great cover too. Judas receives a note shortly after the crucifixion of Christ saying I KNOW WHAT YOU DID. With the note is an eye, and a tooth. As his friends are murdered in mysterious - and extremely gruesome - ways, Judas must find a way to atone, and track down the killer. Not recommended for those with weak stomachs.

Or if you want to live a gluten-free life, there's Gluten is My Bitch, featuring wit and recipes for coeliacs. Who said health books can't have a sense of humour?

Last but not least, here's a book I found on the prescribed reading list for my trends in children's literature paper:
Brains for Lunch: A Zombie Novel in Haiku. It details a school where zombies, humans and chupacabras are forced to co-exist. All in three-line verse.

Rejoice, all - for creativity is undead.