tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29414556.post7043093931772234897..comments2023-09-01T02:42:35.855-05:00Comments on The Transplantable Rose: Beautiful At All Seasons by Elizabeth Lawrence for GBBCAnnie in Austinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14662139490401110432noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29414556.post-55209720710234318452008-06-05T10:54:00.000-05:002008-06-05T10:54:00.000-05:00Thank you, Phillip - I haven't read them all - sti...Thank you, <B>Phillip</B> - I haven't read them all - still want the one about the market bulletins. You could still write a post for the book club! <BR/><BR/>I have no Tiger-lily to tell me my petals are tumbled about, <B>Yolanda Elizabet</B>but maybe the Daisies, Rose and Larkspur will have something to say! Down here the tea at the Mad Hatter's tea party would probably be Hibiscus.<BR/><BR/>My favorite is still Through the Garden Gate, but any of them would be worth reading, <B>Lisa at Greenbow</B> - but you'll have to wait until things calm down! <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the comments, <BR/><BR/>AnnieAnnie in Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662139490401110432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29414556.post-24776545627077299242008-06-03T21:20:00.000-05:002008-06-03T21:20:00.000-05:00A great review Annie. It makes me want to read th...A great review Annie. It makes me want to read this book. I wasn't able to get to it this month mulch, I mean much tooo busy.Lisa at Greenbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743973292900758183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29414556.post-83266055658493208232008-06-03T15:10:00.000-05:002008-06-03T15:10:00.000-05:00From a lovely garden book straight down the rabbit...From a lovely garden book straight down the rabbit hole and into Alice in Wonderland, comfits and all. The only thing missing is the Mad Hatters tea party. ;-)Yolanda Elizabet Heuzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02506031220151023088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29414556.post-55360532168264775852008-06-02T15:29:00.000-05:002008-06-02T15:29:00.000-05:00Great review and tribute Annie. I read this book l...Great review and tribute Annie. I read this book last year (I read everything I can about Ms. Lawrence) and didn't realize it was on the garden club offering until today. I love that movie "Desk Set" as well! Cheers.Phillip Oliverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01546160918395373740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29414556.post-2592835488660028342008-06-02T13:19:00.000-05:002008-06-02T13:19:00.000-05:00I'm glad you liked my words, Gail - and that ruthl...I'm glad you liked my words, <B>Gail</B> - and that ruthlessness could come in handy here sometimes, too. <BR/>I wonder if there are similar bowls of seeds at Indian restaurants here? Maybe this demands some research ;-]<BR/><BR/>Your house will look like mine if you do that, <B>Carol</B>! Although the shade is inside the office, and what I'm reading is blogs instead of books! <BR/><BR/>I love the idea of a meeting in Charlotte! <BR/><BR/>You have more than a smidgen, dear <B>MSS</B>, and your attention to detail is similar to EL's, I think. <BR/>I remember noticing <B><I>A Southern Garden</B></I> in your recommended books when I first read your blog...it was fun to see we had favorite authors in common. <BR/><BR/>It's the one I've reread most, <B>Entangled</B> - but I never read <I><B>The 'Little Bulbs'</I></B>, so might be missing another winner. I was afraid that reading it while living in either Northern Illinois or Austin would just be torture, as opposed to reading it in Virginia or Carolina! <BR/><BR/>I start out with a real recipe but end up throwing everything into mole - a mixture of dried peppers, ground almonds, sesame, etc... if I get something coherent together it may appear on the Addendum. <BR/><BR/>Every few years I make a batch of chocolate-covered orange peels at Christmas time, <B>Blackswamp Kim</B>. I've loved the combination of citrus and dark chocolate since I was a kid. This was an interesting variation on a theme! <BR/>But regular sweet white fondant? Alice can keep those in her pocket! <BR/><BR/>Thank you for visiting!<BR/><BR/>Annie at the Transplantable RoseAnnie in Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662139490401110432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29414556.post-34724248597763076232008-06-02T10:03:00.000-05:002008-06-02T10:03:00.000-05:00HUH! Now I want to go eat coriander and chocolate,...HUH! Now I want to go eat coriander and chocolate, to see what I'm missing... I never would have guessed that Alice's "comfits" were those kinds of confections. Way cool.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14395380166485303934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29414556.post-4918406028634974422008-06-02T07:14:00.000-05:002008-06-02T07:14:00.000-05:00Through the Garden Gate is going to be the next EL...<EM>Through the Garden Gate</EM> is going to be the next EL book I read, I think. I can't imagine trying to narrow down her 14 years worth of newspaper columns to a book-length selection. I wonder if the originals are available through any newspaper archives online?<BR/><BR/>I have a cookbook by Bill Neal (<EM>Biscuits, Spoonbread, and Sweet Potato Pie</EM>) and now I wonder if there are any recipes featuring coriander seeds in it. The seed and leaf are both used frequently in Indian cooking, but I never thought of adding the seed to sweet dishes. BTW, would you be willing to share your Chicken Mole recipe?Entangledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07261805004615133289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29414556.post-60748604387749721362008-06-02T00:28:00.000-05:002008-06-02T00:28:00.000-05:00"Do not think she writes only for the South or tha..."Do not think she writes only for the South or that she has nothing to say to modern people."<BR/><BR/>Amen to that, Annie! If I could write with a smidgen of EL's ability, I'd be a very happy writer indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29414556.post-20590206021339608532008-06-01T12:56:00.000-05:002008-06-01T12:56:00.000-05:00Annie, your review makes me want to abandon all ho...Annie, your review makes me want to abandon all housework, laundry and perhaps even the more trying chores of the garden, in favor of sitting in the shade reading books by Elizabeth Lawrence, while eating comfit candy. Thank you for a great review!<BR/><BR/>I think we garden bloggers ought to meet up in Charlotte some year and go to 'the shrine' of at least 20th century garden writing and gardening.<BR/><BR/>Carol, May Dreams GardensCarol Michelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796344366326535406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29414556.post-4918187927541930252008-06-01T11:04:00.000-05:002008-06-01T11:04:00.000-05:00Annie,What a lovely tribute to EL! Wasn't she so...Annie,<BR/><BR/>What a lovely tribute to EL! Wasn't she something! I can as easily imagine her at a function in white gloves as I can crawling around on the forest floor. How right you are to compare her to the KS character in Desk Set, hands down beating the giant google machine!<BR/><BR/>Now that I am looking over her books, it's time for me to learn some of her ruthlessness and rip out bothersome or none productive plants!<BR/><BR/>There is always a bowl of seeds including coriander for customers to help themselves to as they leave our favorite Indian Restaurant...it is sweet and savory and is, I think a kind of mouth cleansing mixture! My husband loves it.<BR/><BR/>GailGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.com