3 December
Sonya’s Chickens
Useless advice
If you’re hungry, don’t go grocery shopping.
The Elf
Buddy decides to go home for Christmas. To New York.
A perfectly normal choice except for the fact that Buddy has been adopted and raised by Santa's elves and has just discovered that he is not really an elf.
So he decides to go and find his real father, a selfish man who is now on the naughty list, to change his mind and bring some Christmas spirit into the human world.
A witty but not superficial comedy, for anyone who wants to be won over by the goodness of an elf.
On Netflix.
Five Quarters of the Orange
by Joanne Harris, Harper Perennial, 2007
“My mother marked the events of her life with recipes, dishes of her own invention or interpretations of old favorites. Food was her nostalgia, her celebration, its nurture and preparation the sole outlet for her creativity.”
Framboise Dartigen tells us her story, dictated by her mother's cookbook. Present and past chase each other to reveal the secret kept hidden since childhood, which must not be told.
The story starts in a small village in the Loire Valley during the German occupation and stays there, stuck in an old farmhouse, told through the eyes and heart of a 9-year-old girl.
Innocent naughtiness and longing for affection mix with the smells and tastes of French cuisine that punctuate the days.
Harris sweeps you away with disarming delicacy and unexpected cruelty, real, kneading your mouth and heart.
