how nice for me to have a weekend almost totally at liberty: so far i have eaten a kipper, bought a bottle of wine, had a bath and done my ironing for the next two weeks. i have done quite a bit of cooking over the last few weeks with big meals on christmas day (turkey &c) and boxing day (glazed ham). for new year's eve i cooked dinner for e: vegetable essence with lardo, anchovies in green sauce, black pudding, shoulder of lamb with turnips, carphilly and then a pear in chocolate sauce. i owe my reader (s?) some pictures, and by god they will come.