Before stepping into the new year, here’s a quick look back at some of the dishes we made in 2012 that I loved. Here’s my top 5 list, in no particular order:

1. Coconut Cheesecake with Honey-Roasted Pineapple

2. Chocolate Cinnamon Caramel Cookies

3. Banana Chocolate Chunk Toffee Muffins

4. Gazpacho with Roasted Peppers and Watermelon

5. Pasta Carbonara with Bacon and Peas

Also, as usual, I attempted the 50 Books in 1 Year Challenge, and as usual, I did not even come close. I did better than usual though! Below are the 37 books I did get through. The ones in bold are the ones I thoroughly enjoyed.

1. The Zombie Survival Guide – Max Brooks
2. On Chesil Beach – Ian McEwan
3. Dust to Dust: Stories – Timothy Findley
4. The Reader – Bernhard Schlink
5. Made Hope – Heather Birrell
6. A Certain Grace – Binnie Brennan
7. Our Daily Bread – Lauren B. Davis
8. Whirl Away – Russell Wangersky
9. Dance Dance Dance – Haruki Murakami
10. The Hunger Angel – Herta Muller
11. World War Z – Max Brooks
12. Story of O – Pauline Reage
13. Good to a Fault – Marina Endicott
14. Drought and Other Stories – Jan Thornhill
15. Fifty Shades of Grey – E.L. James
16. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas – John Boyne
17. Forgive Me – Amanda Eyre Ward
18. Plainsong – Kent Haruf
19. Kafka on the Shore – Haruki Murakami
20. Submarine – Joe Dunthorne
21. After the Quake – Haruki Murakami
22. Talking It Over – Julian Barnes
23. The Sisters Brothers – Patrick deWitt
24. The Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro
25. Women Without Men: A Novel of Modern Iran – Shahrnush Parsipur
26. The Elephant Vanishes – Haruki Murakami
27. The Best of All Flesh: Zombie Anthology
28. Never Let Me go – Kazuo Ishiguro
29. Daybreak – Brian Ralph
30. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Besiary
31. Norwegian Wood – Haruki Murakami
32. Room – Emma Donoghue
33. Runaway – Alice Munro
34. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle – Haruki Murakami
35. Mercy Among the Children – David Adams Richards
36. Alone in the Classroom – Elizabeth Hay
37. The Walking Dead, Compendium 1 – Robert Kirkman

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