Cooking And Eating....“Dis-moi ce que tu manges, je te dirai ce que tu es”

supper snack.......leftover yams, cooked with dark brown sugar, walnuts and curried currants....baked in pastry, then sliced and dribbled with a concoction of sweet/hot remnants of mango chutney, tamarind and pad Thai sauce and 'blow torch your mouth out' fiery green dragon sauce.....served with sliced nectarines in lavender syrup, and aromatic Earl Grey tea..... Today has been a flavorful one!

I am lusting for a gooseberry icebox cake.......but must settle for a Marie Callender Latticework Peach pie......Another example of the relativity of desire.....

After an elaborately choreographed day of technical cooking for 'tomorrow'......then, after oral surgery, not able to bite or chew.....I reduced an entire 5-course dinner to 'baby food' in the food processor...with some coconut 'milk'......not very exciting-looking........I would, likely, have loved these spicy, herby, creamy concoctions....as an infant.....Perhaps I should send my formula to Gerber.......Food feeds creativity.....bland food makes for bland personalities........feed kids tasteless foods from jars and they will become pizza-eaters......A compassionate friend brought by some duck liver pate with truffles.....and, yes, I'm gonna 'down' it.....even without a tasty French baguette~