the mother and child reunion

The fresh and the harvested, reunited together in our kitchen to bring warmth to our evenings, after days spent working, walking, writing, swimming, reading, listening ...

The days fly by, but nevertheless, every day we converge in the evening  to prepare food together, to savour and enjoy.

When Alpha arrived in Waterloo, there was a card on her little desk in the upstairs room with a quote from Virginia Woolf: "One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well". 

With that in mind: 

from one of the chili plants, and a blissfully fragrant basil

tomatoes from the garden, combined later with
cauliflower

the start a of mix of flavours, inspired by Andalucia  

fresh salsa; rice with fresh herbs

feast!

And a few days later:

onions and spices

add: rapini, fresh tomatoes and oranges

with toasted almonds & raisins soaked in wine
(....the mother and child reunion)

 And for Sunday dinner (with lovely visits from family and friends to enjoy the last summery- autumn days together):

ground lamb with prunes, allspice, garlic, orange rind, chives and parsley
For lamb meatballs

fig, feta, pomegranate salad... with white balsamic

Life is beautiful.