And then we had a Sunday

Broad beans: nature's over packaging

 

Towpath: we had a drink and watched drunk people capsize. Literally.

 

And some nicer than usual street art.

Bechamel: my ode to hibernation mode

Alas no photo for you, dear reader, of either the snow or of our bechamel + cheddar and leeks coated ravioli and broccoli.  On days like today, when my toes are nearly frost bitten all day, sometimes I just want to pop some store bought (£1! package for 2 raviolis) in a pot of boiling water with some broccoli, cook, sauce, bake and eat. And that is exactly what I did. May I suggest it?

Notes from Outer Zone 2

I spend a fair amount of time on industrial estates in London hunting down suppliers and manufacturers or just nagging them. It is an odd, but magical world. I took this picture for my sister, because I think she could work at 3, 4a, or 4b and be very happy.

Every once and awhile, I wish we lived in LA

 
Not only would it take this dear writer back to her native state, but there would be sunshine and we would have gone here.

It is so cold and dark and windy and bone chillingly damp in London. Luckily, I have a German mother in law and a German grandmother in law. These two wise women are knit extraordinare and have made me these exquisite striped wool socks. See how they fit my feet PERFECTLY. So, we are wearing our wool socks, and eating auflaufs to get through the cold, dark winter while dreaming of Deauville.

Gluttony!

 

Usually, I am very smug at the checkout with my whole grains. But today's shopping was blessedly silly. 

Amish Pie Tote; I need this right now!

An aunty sent me a link to this blog. Yowzers, dear reader, yowzers.

Walter Benjamin on Cupcakes...

I took this pic from Vasco's iphone yesterday.

And then we returned to our discussion of which film is scarier: Funny Games (V. 1.0) or Lost Highway.

Oh yes. ICE CREAM CUPCAKES! MINT CHIP ICE CREAM CUPCAKES!

One only turns the age I turned recently once. And this is how I wanted to celebrate:
Rarely does my mental image of my cooking match the actual results. This how they ended up:

Delicious. I use the chocolate cake and cream cheese frosting recipes from this CUPCAKE BLOG. I froze 'pellets' of ice cream in my idli tray, assembled and returned to the freezer.

Whitstable

Modernism Makes Me Hungry

Omg, dear reader. Guess what will be launched shortly. Yes, you guessed right! My very own cottage industry. Soon you will be able to buy my creations right here.