WATERMELON & ROSEMARY

Grilled watermelon with rosemary salt

Cut ½” wedges of watermelon

Place on a hot griddle 5 minutes on each side

Sprinkle with salt & chopped rosemary

But I'm gonna be where the lights are shinin' on me

Like a rhinestone cowboy

Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo

Glen Campbell Rhinestone cowboy

TRUFFLE & CHIVE

Truffle & chive tagliatelle

1 medium egg & 90g 00 flour per person

Kneed for 15mins

Let rest for 30mins

Put through a pasta machine & dust with semolina

Leave it to dry for 30mins

Boil the pasta in plenty of salted water for 3 minutes

Meanwhile heat olive oil & 12g of finely sliced truffle per person

Stir in the drained pasta & chives

Serve with chive flowers & extra truffle slithers

It later became apparent that the excursion was a serious attempt at romance.

WATERMELON & SHISO

Watermelon & shiso lettuce wrap

* Baby gem lettuce

* Rice noodles

* Watermelon, cubed

* Bean sprouts

* Mint, chopped

* Red & green shiso leaves

Dressing

* 1tbsp tamari sauce

* 1tbsp mirin

* ½ lime, zest & juice

* ½ tbsp sesame oil

* ½ small red chilli

* 1tsp ginger, finely grated

* Sea salt

We absolutely must leave room for doubt or there is no progress and there is no learning.

You only think you know, as a matter of fact. And most of your actions are based on incomplete knowledge and you really don’t know what it is all about, or what the purpose of the world is, or know a great deal of other things. It is possible to live and not know.

The Pleasure of Finding Things Out; Richard Feynman  

MELON & ANISE

Galia melon with fennel seeds & Sambuca

Slice the melon, sprinkle with some crushed fennel seeds & drizzle over Sambuca

A game of scrabble that ended with the word 'Tmesis' & a bitter row.

CHOCOLATE & THYME

Chocolate & thyme frozen yogurt

* 10 sprigs of thyme

* 360ml milk

* 720ml natural yogurt

* 120ml agave syrup

* 3 tbsp sifted cocoa powder

Warm the thyme & milk & allow to infuse over night

Remove the thyme & mix all the ingredients together & churn in an ice cream maker, then freeze

Serve sprinkled with more thyme leaves

I have dear friends in New York who are almost ready to move to London for the sake of radio four.  
Diana Athill; Somewhere towards the end

FENNEL & PERNOD

Fennel, Pernod & lemon salad (Serves 2)

* 2 fennel bulbs, thinly slice

* Sea salt & pepper

* Juice ½ lemon

* 2tsp Pernod

* 2tsp extra virgin olive oil

Over the past few years the swimming pool has become more of a pond for local wildlife

LEMON & POMEGRANATE

Lemon curd & pomegranate porridge (Serves 1)

* ½ cup oatmeal

* 1 cup milk

* 1 tsp lemon curd

* ¼ pomegranate

Simmer the oats & milk, stir in the lemon curd, serve sprinkled with pomegranate seeds

Kathline's sour remarks on his choice of socks & sandals that morning were laced with a sweetness that allowed her to get away with saying pretty much anything.