Round Chapel Community Meal - well worth the price of admission

I have to tell you about my dinner last night. The rest of the day was unremarkable food-wise, especially since I didn't take time for breakfast and ate a stupid nutrigrain bar on the way to the train station. That hardly seems like eating. Should have slit my wrists instead.

Anyway, last night was my first community meal at the Round Chapel here in Hackney as the official community worker. Didn't mean I had to do much since the lovely Ben Burns is still in place while he does the handover to me and my partner Paul. Ben had arranged for some people from a local second hand children's shop called Merry-Go-Round to cook the meal and it was really lovely. Amazing what can come out of a rather dingy semi-commercial kitchen. But more ranting about food hygiene later.

There was some nice chicken
rice with spicy sauce
green salad with homemade garlic vinegarette
a lovely piece of chocolate cake

Why is some chocolate cake dark in color and some light? This was light and may actually have been chocolate banana. Hm. Funny that I couldn't tell. It was good and moist and comforting.

I eventually had lunch yesterday which was simply
toasted cheese

Not a good food day, except for dinner being nice.

I think I nibbled a few biccy's before dinner, too. I always like to eat just before I eat officially. You?

trying to add video...

somebody else likes chocolate for breakky

breakfast and pain au chocolat was a long time ago. i've made the bold claim that talking about food is nearly as good as eating it. i found someone else talking about chocolate for breakfast on "passionfruit." i must admit it crossed my mind this morning that chocolate was probably an okay thing for first thing in the morning, but maybe the butterfat in the croissant portion of the treat would have to be an occasional indulgence rather than a daily ritual. sure enough, the author of this great blog about the love of food confirms that there are other ways to keep the chocolate, drop the fat. so i lead you to this idea of hers, which sounds fab...i am so going to try it. first i have to work up the energy to cook rather than ramble up to my favorite little deli. hm, could be trouble there.

27.2.08 proper pain au chocolat

Ah, the joys of a proper french pastry...skipped everything else and went straight for the good stuff this morning.

but first, i must report on last night's pleasures!

went to a board meeting, which normally can we say yawn, but this was nice and easy, complete with
red wine
and chocolate digestive biscuits

then on to a friend's house for a nibble around 10:30 p.m.
two or three plain cashews, and a couple of chilli ones
a beer - maybe a Stella? too tired to pay attention
fresh ginger tea

okay, so this morning so far:
a good long walk followed by a warming
cappuccino
pain au chocolat

is there anything better than a neighborhood deli with actual wonderful treats? find the one in my neighborhood at l'epicerie @ 56 delicatessen

26.2.08 it's a jet lag thing

yogurt
organic muesli
coffee with milk
4:30 a.m.
it's a jet lag thing

kiwi
orange
feeling pretty righteous at this point...

oops - accidental chocolate croissant
not even a good one
drat
cappuccino
10:30 a.m. coz it was morning tea time and I was sorta hungry

oh crap
chips
hummous
wilted salad
apple juice to save the day
so that was lunch
a small square of G&B dark chocolate just because

afternoon tea:
Earl Grey with Tesco chocolate biscuits

dinner plans:
fresh spinach
roasted garlic
turkish bread
more hummous

What I wish I were eating today:
creamy brie
fresh baguette
home made vegetable soup

there's always tomorrow...