Awhile back I updated my Facebook status to say "Every man needs to own a Moleskine". I don't think anyone replied. And ladies, you can get a Moleskine if you want but I personally can't speak for you as to if you really need one. Men, you need one. First of all, pronounced Mole-skeen-a or e if the 'e' was turned around backwards and upside down, is the most essential notebook one can own. I have three...........all of course for different purposes. So, let me tell you a story that will slowly lead you to the meaning of the title.
(The Next Paragraph must, MUST be read as if you were the narrator in 'The Christmas Story')
I have this friend. Let's just call him 'Chad'. 'Chad' was instrumental in my understanding of the magnitude that is the Moleskine. But recently 'Chad' upped his game to a whole new, uncharted level. After ten hours on the road, then a few hours of choppy, shifty waves, I finally made it to 'Chad's' house somewhere on the Gulf Coast. In my hands he placed a brand new, signature black Moleskine in my hand. However, this was no ordinary Moleskine. There was something quite different about this Moleskine. Engraved on the front was a plethora of objects all used in the preparation of every type of food imaginable. Knives, forks, oven mitts, graters, shears, basters, bowls, measuring cups, even an image of a pepper grinder. As I opened it up my wonder is satisfied to see that this was a yes, recipe Moleskine (OK no more 'Christmas Story') In all reality this could be the greatest Moleskine ever produced. It has everything, and so much more that a traditional recipe book has. Its very existence defines the future and destroys the past of what recipe books should be. I mean I now know what what month nearly every fruit or vegetable in both Northern and Southern hemispheres comes into season. ( and yes 'Chad', I went back and looked for those that you called me out on....and they are in there). I can convert from metric to standard and back again. Calorie amounts for a number of foods and several other absolutely amazing tools that I could write a whole blog series about. But this was not the intent of this blog.
The Moleskine, along with other people including but not limited to, Jamie Oliver, Drew Stanford, Curtis Stone, Isabel Quevedo, Jason Segel, the fourteen billion people who speak Spanish in Miami, Will Tant, Matt Beacham, everyone who surfs in PCB, the list goes on and on, have all contributed to my summer plans. Every year about this time, I start thinking about plans beyond the end of the school year, what I want to do to enrich my life and or how to keep from losing my mind. What exactly am I going to to this Summer? You will just have to comeback later. In the meantime GO GET A MOLESKINE! Available at your Local Barnes and Noble Bookstore. Just PLEASE DO NOT patronize the Starbucks inside. That is a blog for a future date.
Is that the recipe book you mentioned on thursday? uhmm...now I want to check it out.
ReplyDeleteI'm with Isabel, I want the recipe one. I already have 2 small blank green ones (I rarely own anything if it's not green) they have a purpose and rhyme/rhythm to their organization but it's not easily explained nor plainly obvious to the casual observer.
ReplyDeleteRather than bothering with a chain such as Barnes and Noble at all (much less the coffee shop inside) they carry them at the Bookstore in the Grove http://www.thebookstoreinthegrove.com/home it's a cool place, has it's own coffee shop (that also serves beer and wine by the glass) and free wifi... just ignore the strange woman reading Tarot cards at the entrance.