to catch my avid blog readership up on the last 14 days would be both impossible and dull. instead i shall tell you about what i ate yesterday. i finally took pa out to lunch to celebrate his advanced years at the ledbury. i had a salad with truffle and pheasant egg (notable for sweet spring onions and actually tasting of truffle), venison with celeriac, sweet potatoes and fir and an absolutely enormous plate of cheese of high quality. later i cooked clams and a cracking mullet for e which was tasty, if a little disappointing in that the skin fell off. i must now attend to my model.