Chris and Frani surprised me. They came to
visit late in the afternoon and stayed the night. I had enough warning to shop
and to prep a full-on Ottolenghi dinner for them — plus I made a chocolate cake
(above) that served for us and will serve for another Ottolenghi dinner I am
cooking for six on Saturday.
The sensuality of the kitchen seduced me.
Our relationship began sweetly; I began with baking and my preference was to
adopt the French style; the finickyness of pastries strongly attracted me. I
learned to cook main courses in order to get to dessert.
But now I have seriously invested in cooking by enrolling in two cooking schools. And out of the blue came a desire to make classic chocolate cake. It's a dish I consider American, like Apple pie. I made this one from the Butter cookbook and increased the volume so that I could make a good tall cake.
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March 30th. That’s the date I go
to the neuromuscular Diseases Unit for an assessment of my fifth and sixth
cervical vertebrae where I had an operation in 1988. That will be interesting.
I have been assessed before and I found it to be one of the more fascinating
experiences of my life. The extraordinary tools they have amazed me.
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Steve (my ex) is on Easter Island. He chose
to celebrate his sixtieth birthday there with his current, Tim.
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| Click on tho sone. It is a panorama shot. Steve is in the photo to give us a sense of the scale of the Iorana. |
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