Leftovers #120

Literally planned your perfect long weekend in Cornwall for you.

Things feel fast and slow all at once. Two and a half months have sped by but have been marked slow mornings, slow movement, and not too many plans. I’m heading back home in a week and so the last few days are going to filled with cooking for friends (every night until I leave, in fact). Tonight, two spatchcocked chickens roasted simply over late season tomatoes (one pan) and Cornish new potatoes (the other). A big pan of warm Bold Bean butter beans, miso butter leeks and kale, a big lime miso vinaigrette-dressed salad, homemade aioli and a huge loaf of focaccia kindly made by Joel at Roundhouse (PZ’s finest baked goods/coffee purveyor). Tomorrow, a special birthday tortilla for a wonderful woman. And the nights that follow? A coconut-drenched curry for a friend who’s in need of healing; lamb meatballs and pickle-spiked rice for a friend returning from celebrating her anniversary in Italy; and a big sloppy vat of vodka rigatoni on my final evening with my happy hour partners (and neighbours) – an early dinner to make sure the little babe gets to sleep on time. Cooking really is a language of love.

Planning

Your perfect long weekend in Cornwall. You’re staying in Penzance, by the way.

Thursday Early Evening: arrive (hopefully on time) on the train. After you get settled wherever you’re staying (perhaps The Artist Residence if you’re not crashing with me), you’re going to take a walk along the seafront and end up at Argoe for a 6pm dinner.