Flu and disbelief

As a child what food was given to you when you were sick? I have a fever, my nose is blocked, my body hurts. There is this lost memory of cold towels on one’s head, special foods and the right not to wash. The special foods department is not going very well so far. pizza last…

Rats, jack sparow, forest gump, italy and oh i am not this and that

“Stop moaning, I will take you roasted pork and gravy, cauliflower gratin and you will eat” Said Teresa. I moaned obviously. I have a certain difficulty in doing what I am told sometimes. Not much cooking had been going on at my new flat. Mostly single mother survival meals. Very uninteresting, and actually a bit…

Making-of AKA behind the scenes of Saving

This is the documented official vernissage party for the absolutely amazing, wonderful and universally essential Kitchen Call Girl blog This year when I turned inside out, I got scattered like those tiny pieces of tobacco lint and left over bits of left over lives that decay in the deepest pocket. I sold my house, I divorced the man I love. I…

Sunken

I always thought that this song was called sunken love.  The only thing that relates this song to the content of this post is me thinking it was called sunken love. My thoughts sometimes wander…   I worked as a cook at a restaurant this past year. Allot of  peeling, scraping, cracking and washing goes on. The left over…

Death and food

Yesterday Miguel´s grandmother died. I do not know her name. Miguel and I would talk about her life in Africa, her handbags, her  clean and perfect shoes, her singular way of setting the table, her food. She trusted Miguel with that task of setting the table. There is one description Miguel made of his grandmother that I…