dinner parties

sunday: karaoke colin
monday: twilight vampire haters
tuesday: brit, brett and kilo
wednesday: graham and my new best friend
thursday: a bowl with bang-on brit
friday: wanna make dinner?

--- --- --- Food preparation.

the communal buying of groceries, splurging on honey or the expensive extra-firm tofu. the orchestration of hands and bodies around a table, a cutting board, the sink. the gulp of wine as it slips from its bottle into awaiting glasses or punchbowls - depending upon the availability of fruit. the wash, chop, sizzle, steam, bake in all its divine fluidity, floating around the warm conversation and the pink of our cheeks. the brush of hand, gentle collision of bodies, pivoting hips, stepping feet. we all clumsily move with the slow jazz playing beyond the foreground. the time it takes for things to prepare, to flavour, to find themselves on plates is enjoyed almost as much as the food itself.

--- --- on mange


hopefully this week has set a precedent for a summer to be filled with good food and friends.

with the desire to play host/guest forever, Loco