I am now only 23 hours away from a big, fat, delicious month of holiday. I can smell it already and it smells of campari and lemon granita, of caponata and Sicilian beaches, of almonds and pasta con le sarde, of beach worthy books and afternoon naps after long lunches in cool darkened rooms with [...]
Entries from July 2009
July 20, 2009
Roasted red peppers with anchovies and olives.
3 nice things
all together
are even nicer.
We made these last Sunday as part of the antipasti for a the happy, abundant and joy-full lunch in the garden, I think the companionship around the table made them taste even nicer.
I have written about my peculiar relationship with peppers before and nothing has changed really. I still loathe [...]
July 12, 2009
Sunday lunch in pictures…..
Well, some of it at least. The lunch went something like this ;
bread, roasted red peppers, caponata, parma ham, olives
aubergine parmesan
roast lamb, pan fried potatoes with sage
green salad
cheese
eton mess
chocolate cake
a doze in the garden……
July 5, 2009
Lentils, aubergine, roasted tomatoes and ricotta
Recently Yotam Ottelenghi has joined the food writing fray at the Guardian, for which I am rather glad as his recipes are rather nice.
Like this one. Actually should I say a bit like this one.
I seem to remember once (with an air of superiority I cringe to recall) telling (or declaring more-like) someone in a [...]
