BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- new potato stew with chorizo and chard
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- cherries
DINNER --- sauteed shrimp with Thai basil and spring onion | stir-fry of young mustard green, orange pepper and smoked tofu | salad of marinated jellyfish and radish | rice | wine

- a 40-pound box came from Amazon today, it contains the massive 6 volume set: Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking. a random flip lands on a page: science on why you need to stir the liquid when you poach an egg. just what I needed to know