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I scream for ice cream

I decided to take it easy this weekend since I am still not well. Luckily ELLE and Vogue arrived last week so there is lots of fun reading to be done, the September issues are big. I also have to plan next week’s holidays in the motherland and would like to start reading Lord Jim again.

After few hours of pottering around the house we decided to pop to Patisserie Macaron to buy bread and check out the new gelateria Nardulli in Clapham. The ice cream was amazing. I have not had better ice cream in London, I swear. I had mango sorbet and hazelnut ice cream, maybe not a great combo but I wanted to test the place and I am going back, hopefully tomorrow!

My mother in law sent me some delicious home made lemon curd and I made lemon tarts today. As usual I overcooked the pastry (I baked it blind for a little before realizing that I don’t need to do that). They were very nice anyway. The pastry is from Jamie Oliver’s first book.

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8 Responses to “I scream for ice cream”

  1. if jane Says:
    August 9th, 2009 at 5:58 am

    oh hope you are feeling better.;_
    (i too have a small summer cold!!)…speaking of polish writers…have you read…”cosmos”, by witold gombrowicz? or any other book by him?
    love your striped top…

  2. The Sneaky Magpie Says:
    August 9th, 2009 at 10:17 am

    Jane, I think everyone is feeling under the weather right now..;-(

    Gombowicz is one of my favorite Polish writers, you got me very excited! Not many people know his work. I absolutely love ‘Ferdydurke’ and ‘Pornografia’, funny that you mention ‘Cosmos’ as this is a book I remember from my childhood, I never read it but I clearly recall the book cover in my parents house. I might take it when I am there next week.

  3. Marta Says:
    August 10th, 2009 at 6:51 am

    Well, enjoy your stay in the Motherland!
    Are you going somewhere specific?

  4. The Sneaky Magpie Says:
    August 10th, 2009 at 6:57 am

    thank you Marta. Yep, going to Warsaw, Lodz and down south to see my folks.

  5. Marta Says:
    August 11th, 2009 at 6:24 am

    Down south….I’m from Zakopane, are you from Malopolska as well?

  6. The Sneaky Magpie Says:
    August 11th, 2009 at 6:44 am

    I am from Silesia, near Katowice. I wish I was from Zakopane, my husband would appreciate it more!

  7. Marta Says:
    August 12th, 2009 at 6:43 am

    Actually my grand mother was born in Silesia- half of my family is polish and the other half from Czech!

    Anyways- have fun in the land of Poles!

  8. The Sneaky Magpie Says:
    August 12th, 2009 at 8:27 am

    thank you!

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