We have been traveling and
socialising.
(No excuse for the absence of
Blogging...Ed)
M'lud I offer evidence that the
absence of Blogging is the Blogging of absence in the following...
(oh very good, very good, I see what
you did there, point taken, carry on, my breath is baited... Ed)
My god what with - English whisky. Is
that not taking 'better together' too far.
A birthday treat. Angela Hewitt gave a
lecture/recital at Cambridge where she is the Humanitas Visiting
Professor of Music. I was entranced by the music, Bach, and her
interpretations on the piano. Finished the evening with a meal at the
Rice Boat. Well worth the trip!
More culture at the local flea pit
which put on a digital broadcast from the British Museum around their
exhibition of all things Viking.
To continue to Colchester for a book
reading. A small bookseller, Red Lion Books.
Our friend Trish, of Patrician Press
which we may have mentioned before, was reading with other authors.
It was enjoyable and I'm only sorry I didn't get to buy a book but of
course it is an excuse to go back. Over a convivial meal later Trish
mentioned Food Fetish. It had slipped my mind, and more importantly not found its way onto
my book list. I downloaded it and so began a very enjoyable romp
through food and drink.
I was, as a result, tempted/inspired to
try to cook Yottams very simple dish/starter with filo pastry and
asparagus. Baked with brushed egg and scattered with parmesan cheese
and poppy seeds. As usual, we were short of an ingredient, poppy
seeds so substituted nigella (seeds that is) and sesame mix. And as
always with ingredients left over put mushrooms and parmesan in the
filo parcels. Very enjoyable.
