1. A cold snap occupies the Silver Valley, making it a good day to stay indoors and work acrostic puzzles, listen to music, redeem an online gift card at Barnes and Noble, and shoot the breeze with the Deke. What book did I buy? What Good Cooks Know: 20 Years of Test Kitchen Expertise in One Essential Handbook by America's Test Kitchen.
2. The Deke seized control of the kitchen late this afternoon. She added chard and sweet potatoes to the leftover braised pork in curry sauce I made yesterday and transformed it into a wholly different, sweet and nutty meal. The good news? We still have a little left.
3. The Deke and I listened to the first three episodes of Slow Burn, hosted by Leon Neyfakh, an eight episode exploration of overlooked and fascinating elements of the break-in at the Watergate office complex in 1972 by operatives of the committee to re-elect Richard Nixon and the break-in's aftermath. Of the three episodes we listened to tonight, I found the second one the most fascinating. It featured the story of Rep. Wright Patman, a very senior Texas Congressman who tried to hold Congressional hearings on the Watergate break-in before the 1972 presidential election and was successfully thwarted by a most effective campaign by President Nixon, Gerald Ford, and aides to the president. The other two episodes we listened to featured, first, Martha Mitchell and, second, a look at the early success of the Nixon administration's aggressive tactics to cover-up, minimize, and discourage the public's interest in the Watergate story.
If you'd like to check out Slow Burn, the list of episodes can be found by clicking here and scrolling down the page a ways.
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