Prawn and habanero lasagne for my dinner party the other day.

A magnum of Albahra Garnacha from Envínate to go along with it - I visited the vineyard and winery in May this year, and ate a long, crazy lunch with the four winemakers from Envínate, so it felt fitting. Kind of thinking about it like it's cannonau, because a lot of the food I made for the dinner was vaguely Sardinian inspired.

And a salad if chicory, little gem and nasturtium leaves, dressed in a dijon & wholegrain mustard, olive and walnut oil, sherry vinegar and red onion vinaigrette. With a couple of nasturtium flowers from the garden too and a little bay leaf oil I made the other day too.

X

It's asparagus, fennel and so much lemon spaghetti for a spring evening

Noh Sangho - Holy, 2024

Sesame and citrus salad, roasted broccoli, smashed cucumber salad with soy and ginger and rice.

I've been meaning to make this citrus dish with blood oranges while they were in their season but life has just run away from me recently. It's just regular oranges sliced and sitting in a pool of sesame sauce made from tahini, orange juice and zest, soy sauce, rice vinegar, salt, msg, sugar and a little water. With sesame seeds and shichimi togarashi on top of course.

Roast peppers with whipped ricotta and anchovy.

Philippe Bouchet - Totem

My coffee diary album in question

Steven Meisel - Brandi Quinones Wearing Jean Paul Gaultier (Vogue 1994)

Fregola with peach, nectarine & tomato salad and fried walnuts & courgette. New cutlery and plates. For lunch.

january this january that

Noodles in a tomato broth with last years wild garlic and stuff

Mussels and orzo in a coconut, saffron and scotch bonnet stew, with a herb oil and Calabrian chilli paste (an ingredient I don't think I've ever owned before.) The last time I made this was in mid October last year, a bright taste of summer when the sun felt like it was setting for the final time before we were benighted by the depths of darkest winter. It seemed right that I might make it now when it's looking like we might make it out and back into the sunlight. The only way out is through, unfortunately.

sitting my quantum mechanics exam tomorrow please send your best hamiltonians