Lingua's 2019 Italian, Sicilian, Latin, German, Portuguese Log
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2019 3:49 am
Since my goal this year is to pass the CILS Due (B2) Italian exam I decided to start with a fresh log.
Previous log: Lingua's old log
With the new year I will be continuing the double Super Challenge with more emphasis on reading. On top of that I've added the 365 Challenge and the Output Challenge to address consistency and to stress more writing and speaking/recording. Last, I'll continue to work on my grammar and increase my vocabulary.
I finished book #14. Lo chef in tasca: ricetta per l'estate by Max Mariola. I've never heard of the guy but evidently he is/was a TV chef on Rai and Sky. Tasca means pocket and the title refers to the size of the book being so small it will fit in your pocket. It's part recipe book and part "scene setting" as it's broken up into meal plans for the beach, camping, patio, mountain, city, etc. He likes to set up the scene prior to providing the menu (which usually consisted of three dishes). Each recipe consists of instructions, variations, hints on buying the best quality of a given ingredient and so forth. It was an easy read and being in my favorite subject there were very few unknown words. Some of the recipes actually sounded good and I might even make them but others sounded disgusting. And there are no photos at all which is a big negative for me as I like to see what the finished dish will look like. I'd give it about 2.5 stars out of 5 as I found all of the scene setting to be too flowery and borderline silly.
I am now up to 14 actual books and 45 SC books. At the current rate I might barely make the 100 books for the SC but given my double goal I need to read more and faster.
Previous log: Lingua's old log
With the new year I will be continuing the double Super Challenge with more emphasis on reading. On top of that I've added the 365 Challenge and the Output Challenge to address consistency and to stress more writing and speaking/recording. Last, I'll continue to work on my grammar and increase my vocabulary.
I finished book #14. Lo chef in tasca: ricetta per l'estate by Max Mariola. I've never heard of the guy but evidently he is/was a TV chef on Rai and Sky. Tasca means pocket and the title refers to the size of the book being so small it will fit in your pocket. It's part recipe book and part "scene setting" as it's broken up into meal plans for the beach, camping, patio, mountain, city, etc. He likes to set up the scene prior to providing the menu (which usually consisted of three dishes). Each recipe consists of instructions, variations, hints on buying the best quality of a given ingredient and so forth. It was an easy read and being in my favorite subject there were very few unknown words. Some of the recipes actually sounded good and I might even make them but others sounded disgusting. And there are no photos at all which is a big negative for me as I like to see what the finished dish will look like. I'd give it about 2.5 stars out of 5 as I found all of the scene setting to be too flowery and borderline silly.
I am now up to 14 actual books and 45 SC books. At the current rate I might barely make the 100 books for the SC but given my double goal I need to read more and faster.