FernandPoint

The first sip of a very cold, very strong gin drink: tonight it's Ford's Gin with a splash of Aperol and a little olive juice for salinity. Sends a powerful and sudden warmth down my spine and up onto my scalp. May not qualify as a "little pleasure" actually, hah.

Dune written by Frank Herbert and made into movie by David Lynch starring Sean Young, Patrick Stewart, Kyle McClaughlin, Jack Nance and Sting.

I LOVE cooking for my partner(s). So intimate and sexy. And in that context I think it's all about food that makes you feel good, fresh, light. Lots of heat, I mean spicy heat that hurts, clears my mind and leaves me feeling ready for what comes next (or reminds me a little of what came before, hah!). A few thoughts: Chicken soup (with ginger, lemongrass and turmeric) laced with chilis, some zucchini from the greenmarket and a little rice, maybe a salad of fresh herbs swirled in at the end. A salad with some crunchy lettuces, could even use a more bitter radicchio varietal, (or peppery watercress) lots of nuts and seeds, some cucumbers or cooked beets, great handfuls of mixed soft herbs and a whole serrano pepper seeds and ribs included minced and tossed in with some kind of light vinaigrette. This is a little wild but I'll go there anyway. . . Conch stew, caribbean flavours (thyme, ginger, allspice, scaliions, garlic) with beef tendon or trotters sliced in, can have clams or mussels, and best with as much scotch bonnet pepper (very flavorful and quite hot) as you can handle. Maybe a light salad and some warmed crusty bread on the side. Plenty more where that came from. . . and Mistress Rey, my offer stands.