Up to London on Thursday for the RNA Summer party, all good fun as usual. Liz Fenwick and Janet Gover have blogged some good pictures - I was going to post a not too scary one of self from another member's site but it has gone amok this morning - the site not me, I mean. (top photo by Chloe Vereker, taken from the London Eye)Currently have a convalescing house guest who was presented with this huge basket of buns from a smart bakery in Primrose Hill. Delicious or what, but v. bad for what's left of my waistline.
Recent reading. Much enjoyed Zoe Heller's The Believers. She's an original writer - this time her subject is a leftist US family, and a pretty dysfunctional family they are.
I also raced through one of the Shopaholic books which I found in a charity shop. Made me laugh aloud, even though I'm a reluctant shopper these days. The best kind of chick lit.
Cooking. Delicious lunch in John Lewis the other day - tagliatelli with rosemary oil, butternut squash, and fetta. Using fresh pasta plus some cooked chicken, I reproduced this dish at home and it went down a storm. My local Tesco's didn't run to rosemary oil so I just chopped up some fresh rosemary.
Last night I roasted a pork loin on a bed of roasted veg - red onions, butternut squash again and courgettes. Plus, towards the end of the cooking time, I quartered a couple of apples and stuck them into the roasting dish. All turned out pretty well. Glad I still have the odd domesticated moment.
Garden. Shock horror, the best back lawn has been attacked by animals (foxes?) who've dug about thirty small shallow holes. Not a pretty sight. Any ideas? The holes are too big to have been made by birds and don't look like rabbit scuffs - as for squirrels surely they only bury nuts in autumn.
Found the party pic(credit Nina Harrington). L to r, Liz Fenwick, self, Fiona Harper.
6 comments:
Oh my, Susie, you sound fantastically talented domestically. That food all sounds so yummy.
Hmmm, badgers can dig can't they?
Talented domestically I am not, JJ! If you want to see a domestic and literary goddess at work, see Cornflower. But I'm glad I still have the occasional cooking inspiration.
Hi Susie, don't know about your lawn, but we had a problem with birds digging in our lawn for moss last year (I think for nest material). So, I bought some moss killer/ lawn feed. It killed off the moss overnight. Only problem then was there was no grass either. Had to re-seed the lawn.
The buns-in-a-basket look scrummy.
I feel hungry after reading that, and seeing those lovely cakes :o)
I love the Shopaholic too, and really enjoyed the film even though they'd taken Liberties with the story!
I adore butternut squash, so will definately try your recipes.
The party sounds like it was great fun, as usual, and I'm definately going next year. I love the photo of you, Liz and Fiona, you all look so glam.
The party was brilliant but there is never enough time!
Those muffins look divine!
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