Last night's antics make for tired Nell!

Still, had a great evening. Tony, Kama, Linda and I went to a 5 course dinner at Bird Cow Fish in Surry Hills, for an event they hold monthly called a food writers dinner. They pick a - you guessed it - food writer/cook and take recipes from their books which make up the 5 courses, as well as have special guests such as journalists, food critics and restaurant owners to talk about the writer and how they have inspired them.

There was plenty of wine and candlelight and delicious food, and the writer in question last night was Elizabeth David, who wrote a number of cook books from the 1950s right until the 1980s. She was inspired in particular by food of the Mediterranean which, compared to the insipid British kitchen, was fresh, colourful and varied. The way she actually wrote was great too - she described the food and recipes in a way that made you want to eat them, and she seemed to have a good sense of humour too.

So we had a really lovely time - hope to do it again! Oh, and let me just take you through the courses - braised and fried breast of lamb, salt cod puree with toasted bread, mussel soup, roasted pork loin with prunes, crisp green salad and chocolate and almond cake with quince fool...delicious!

Jo and I were meant to go to the movies tonight, but he ended up getting home a little too late, so we ended up at our local Italian restaurant for some take out pizza and pasta...another unhealthy dinner I admit, but still yummy! Argiro showed us both up by making a salad with schnitzel for his dinner! What a good boy.

We've settled in to watch Speed now, an old favourite of ours for hilarious one-liner value ("Focus Jack! Your concern is the bus!") - even though Jo knows the thing off by heart and insists on reciting every, single line...grrr.

Evening highlights:

Argiro cooking veggies - amazing!!

Jo finishing off his nutritious BBQ chicken pizza...

Me modelling the dress i bought on the weekend at the vintage festival. 20 bucks, bargain!