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Wolf of Wall Street – Dirty Martini Sashimi

08:55 AM, February 12, 2014 |

The Film:

The Dish

The Reason:

A steady diet of vodka martinis, yellowtail sashimi platters, quaaludes and cocaine. That should get you on the way to emulating the 90’s Wall Street excesses of Jordan Belfort (Leonardo di Caprio) in Scorcese’s latest three hr epic. It’s reported that in filming the final scene between Jordan Belfort and his number two (Jonah Hill) a late improvisation resulted in Leonardo di Caprio having to consume 70 pieces of sashimi to get a consistent take. Di Caprio was then violently sick. You don’t have to go that far. Instead, portion out a sensible 100 g portion of yellowtail/kingfish into sashimi. Slice it smoothly. …

Her Love Cakes

09:39 AM, February 10, 2014 |

almonds, cake, gluten free, In the kitchen, Oscars festival

And so Oscarsfeast 2014 begins.

It starts this year… with Her.

The film:

The Dish

The Reason

Is it possible to hold love in the palm of your hand? Spike Jonze thinks it might be, with Her. The OS1 is not just an operating system. It’s a consciousness. ‘Samantha’ is portable, responsive, and ever evolving. She has the ability to both coordinate Theodore (Joaquin Phoenix)’s schedule and reawaken his soon-to-be-divorced heart. The question remains, can you outsource the complexity of a relationship to a piece of technology? While you’re mulling over that, take comfort in the fact that it would be just as easy to fall head over heels for these sultry cakes …

Cevapcici, Slow Carb ‘Toad in the Hole’

03:59 PM, February 3, 2014 |

chickpeas, gluten free

Names for things can be a problem. A little bit of a re brand never goes astray (written from a woman who once wore kitten heels and wool trousers to air conditioned communications departments and slogged through two of them).

But in this instance I’m not talking about corporate identities. I’m thinking about an appointment I have inserted into my calendar. It started in capitals, as a 2 pm slot last Wednesday.

PSYCHOLOGIST- AMANDA; was how I wrote it, in upright script. I wrote it in the same, grim font as I would to remind me to do my tax return,. It was not an hour I was looking forward to. Though …