Posted the 02/11/2008 02:29:00 By the floating kitchen (Visit website)
It's been a full-on week. Japanese class at SOAS is going really well. After a pep talk from sensei last week about submitting essays and projects, I went in on Tuesday all charged up and armed with a short essay on Mrs. Beeton. Then on Wednesday I got an email from Academia Rossica, the Russian cultural organisation. It was about reviews of 2 films from their Russian Film Festival (back in September) that I wrote for Eyeforfilm. It turns out the next issue of their journal, Rossica (which is a rather attractive publication, covering Russian arts and culture) is a film special, and they wanted me to write short versions of both to go in it! Though I love writing for the web, it will be very nice to see my work in print, on paper.
Cue a very busy end-of-week. Throw in a Halloween party yesterday, on the other side of town, and you have a tired wee girl crawling home at six this morning. That's why the sumtotal of today's cooking was toast with marmite. The great thing about going on a bender on Friday night is that even if you spend Saturday recovering, you still have half the weekend left.
Having no culinary adventures whatsoever to report on this week, I thought I'd write a word or two about the blog itself. When I first started The Floating Kitchen, over a year ago, it was intended as a kind of therapy for the weird reverse culture-shock I was experiencing on returning to the UK after 2 years in Japan. Since then I've written very sporadically, mostly because my next move, to London this time, was another big displacement and it took time to find my feet. So the blog was sadly neglected. Today though, scanning back through the entries, I realised I've managed to post for 3 consecutive Saturdays, and I nearly made it four - unfortunately it's already 2 am on Sunday morning! (This is what happens when you sleep all day... ) Nothing special in itself, I know, but right now for me it's an achievement!
So where is this all leading? Well, hopefully to more experiments in the kitchen, to a more dedicated revisiting of the Japanese food that I grew to love so intensely, to more thorough writing about all the amazing foody opportunities around me here in London. That, dear reader, is my promise to you and to myself starting today.
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Not so blue Monday
Added 14/10/2008 01:22:10
Although it’s tough to get up after a few days vacation, I managed to open my eyes before the 4AM alarm and lay in wait of the ominous chime telling me to get out of bed. If I don’t get up when the alarm goes off, Ted pushes me out so[...]http://applecrumbles.wordpress.com/2008/10/13...
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Achy Wednesday
Added 16/10/2008 01:28:59
Ugg! My shoulder hurts. My hand hurts. My knuckles are scraped. Should I have iced the shoulder when I got back from my run this morning? It’s just bruised but I don’t know if you ice a bruise? Oh well. Note to self: pay attention[...]http://applecrumbles.wordpress.com/2008/10/15...
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The Rain Stopped But Clouds HoveredAdded 17/10/2008 01:17:51
Thought it was going to brighten up today?! It never did. The weather was mild here in Upstate, NY but dull. Tomorrow should be better with a pretty good weekend: cool, crisp, some sunshine. Ted was trying to get Shane to sit[...]http://applecrumbles.wordpress.com/2008/10/16...
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Saturday ActivitiesAdded 18/10/2008 16:51:45
Is this gorgeous? Wow - what a beautiful morning in Upstate NY! Shane and I went for a 6 + mile run and watched the sun come up over the golf course which looks down into the valley. The dew on the grass, the low fog on the reservoir, the[...]http://applecrumbles.wordpress.com/2008/10/18...
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Last nights dinner for breakfastAdded 30/10/2008 13:41:10
This morning when I came downstairs at 4AM, my nose was smacked by the smell of salmon and shallots. Not a good thing so early in the day. So I lit a couple of candles, changed and sprayed the trash container in hopes that the kitchen would[...]http://applecrumbles.wordpress.com/2008/10/30...