What do you do

What do you do when your sister and brother-in-law hand you freshly caught perch - already gutted and filleted? I'll tell you what you should do! You should rush home to harvest the tenderest sprigs of chives and lovage barely poking out of the ground, you should go inside and fry your precious produce in butter with a little salt. I did and now it's bliss and loveliness all around.

Easter in the kitchen

Four days of cooking for 40 people ended with a finale of chicken tagine and an enormous dish of pascha which was gobbled up in no time at all. What a joy to cook when you have appropriate facilities and a rock-steady crew to help you out.

At work

After attending the health-and-hygiene-in-food lecture yesterday I drove straight to my workplace and spent my first day just strolling around. We're between seasons and winter still lingers. No food yet but I did try the oven roasting some chicken thighs.