cambridge in the BW

blueberry grilled cheezus

I'M FINALLY HOME. I still have one more coursework deadline before I can take a bit of time off, but obviously had some ultimate procrastination inspiration after seeing a Balsamic and Blueberry Cheese Toastie recipe on my friend Ed's mouth-watering food blog. Ermagahd. So tasty. I recommend using way better bread like in Ed's pictures (not Warburton's granary) and way better cheese (not tesco value cheddar) but still delicious anyway. I couldn't be bothered washing/getting a new pan out so I put the toastie right in there with the leftover blueberry and balsamic. Hence the remnants of murdered blueberries on the outside of my toastie. Thanks Ed!!

feasting

This post is very long overdue. Before we emptied the nest for uni this term Chef (Richard) cooked us up this amazing feast. Good egg he is. It speaks words about me that I often post pictures of food other people made on my own blog. There's no way you'll be seeing me trying this one in my grotty Cambridge kitchen. Mum made the cocktails - she's a pretty skilled mixologist these days. We had fresh pornstar martinis, of course heavy on the martini.

I got very up close and personal with this impressive assiette of desserts, and we went old-school and played cribbage afterwards. Spiffing. By the way no postproduction with these snaps - a mixture of couldn't be bothered / thought the food looked good anyway.

I've reached the end of my tether in Cambridge right now and plan on returning to the homeland tomorrow. Hope I haven't inspired too severe a bout of food envy. Naht.

rubbing shoulders with celebs

It happened. (See my last post). I met Darcey Bussell and looked her fully in the eye and couldn't stop just saying 'Thank you'. I'm such an idiot. Forgot to ask for a photo and everything. But she did see the shoes and a sharpie in my hands and figured out what I wanted so now I have a pair of pointe shoes signed by my idol!! I'm still a bit in shock from it. My cousin Iain shared in the joy with me (right).

I was lucky enough to have another celebrity meeting on Friday night - I've been a fan of The Other Tribe for a while now and saw them at Queen's May Ball in summer last year. Turns out they were headlining at my own college ball and I managed to nab a photo with the lead singer. (Looking a bit dishevelled after four hours of #balling). I asked him to marry me but he didn't hear me. Maybe next time.

broth and ballet

I made quite a tasty chicken & asparagus & noodle & some other stuff broth last night - with these gorgeous large field mushrooms. I took a picture of the finished project but it made quite an ugly dish so it won't be gracing my blog. Tell you who will be gracing my blog though: Darcey Bussell. I'm anxiously sat waiting at the Union for her talk to begin tonight (got here 2 hours early, I'm very serious about this). When I found out she'd be speaking this term I packed my pointe shoes to come back with me, and they've been hanging on my mirror for 10 weeks waiting to be signed by one of my favourite ballerinas. Hopefully in the next post you'll be seeing pictures of Darcey and I hugging, exchanging loving glances, and my first pair of pointe shoes marked forever with her autograph. I've got to develop a plan over the next hour of how I'm going to achieve this. So nervous. So much pressure.

early summer

My first froyo from the new Chill store in Cambridge. Very tasty but this tiny pot set me back £4.80.
A store on the market this weekend JUST selling buttons. We need more of that in the world.

A bit of a phone-photo dump from today. More HQ photos to come: today was very pretty so SLR had an outing. After two full days of shows I've given myself most of today off to enjoy the weather (an early summer has hit Cambridge this week!) before hitting the after-show party tonight. The show was so much fun and I'm quite sad this was my first and last time in it. Friends & housemates came to see me on the final night as well, which made such a difference. The audience were a particularly rowdy one last night too. Tonight we're turning up to the club early to get them to play all our songs from our show so we can relive it..PSYCHED. I better get on with all the work the show has made me sideline!

shrove tuesday

I've just savoured my last piece of chocolate before dreaded Lent. I'm not even that much of a chocolate eater normally but ever since deciding flippantly to give it up for Lent I've gone crazy for the forbidden fruit. Today got quite out of hand, turning into be a day of utter excess and indulgence. I had two breakfasts and two lunches. My second lunch was at Crepe Affaire which has recently opened in Cambridge, and was doing a roaring trade today obviously. I got the 'Strawberry Delight' crepe and chased it with a mint chocolate milkshake. The best ever. I highly recommend. My crepe was pretty mediocre but Charlie's was pretty special: he went for a savoury Thai green curry crepe. An afternoon in the university library proved pretty productive, and I came home to invent a new pasta dish out of what was left in the fridge: chicken legs, an onion and half a tub of tomato&mascarpone sauce. I don't recommend. I don't know why I've had an urge to document everyday again on here lately..perhaps it's the lack of filming a second of my day everyday. It's been nice to not have the burden of doing that but I am beginning to miss it. It feels weird, like I've got a fifth limb missing or something. Thinking of starting it again on the night of Girton ball - would be a pretty spectacular start to another year's worth of footage. Hmm. Shut up Meg.