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Yearly Archives: 2006
Fish for supper
Where it all began, at the Fish Works on Regent’s Park Road in Primrose Hill. A lovely table in a lovely flat. Starting in style: marinated anchovies from Sainsbury’s, plus artichoke salad and Lebanese Coleslaw from the Green Valley. Red … Continue reading
A day in the country
Evidently we defied death and ivy for the sake of a pleasant perambulation through Kent on a dry and breezy Friday afternoon. Set off from (truly and appropriately) Sole Street station and walked a wide circle to reach a pretty … Continue reading
Nancy Breaks Her Silence
What a lovely audience — in The Crypt at St Mary’s Islington, November 9. Back in London one more time. I can’t think when I last read with Nancy, but I suppose it was sometime in the nineties, that long … Continue reading
Aubergine to Zucchini
Now that I’m back in England I’m having to revive my English vocabulary. Aubergine not eggplant. Courgette not zucchini. Bicarbonate of soda not baking soda. Chips not fries. So for lunch yesterday we had one of my favourite soups, which … Continue reading
End of Aldeburgh
Where did it all go? One minute the weekend dizzies delightfully before us, the next it’s over. Sunday was a modest blur, beginning with the hugely popular reading by the Joy of Six, whose venue – like that of many … Continue reading