Saturday, March 27th

I had never heard of Barbara Bloom before picking up The Collections of Barbara Bloom. I enjoyed it tremendously. She says "The terrifying thing about Lolita is that it is simultaneously so repugnant and so beautiful." Exactly how I felt about Lolita and now feel about The Last of Alice, still only half-read.

BB and I share many interests but she seems to hang onto her trophies, while I discard mine after a time. The memories of the lost treasures linger and often make the discarded items seem more precious, more worthy than the items still in my possession.

The recipe takes less than 10 minutes to prepare and may be eaten immediately but needs an hour to set if you want to serve it neatly sliced.


Blueberry delight

100g Butter
200g Dark chocolate

Melt together in microwave, 1-2 minutes and mix well.

500g Mascarpone
250g Blueberries (washed and dried)

Stir into chocolate mixture and pour into loaf Pyrex lined with clingfilm. Refrigerate for 2 hours before slicing.

I have recently made this with pomegranate, which was equally good. Delicious served with chocolate cookies.