So this is the time of year when I stop teaching and take a trip to Malta for the holidays. What usually happens is that I start to contemplate on the year ahead, what my aim in life is and why I have undertaken this mammoth mission of trying to make it in the musical theatre business. However, to make sure I am always occupied, I usually create a project for myself - what other way of distracting myself from weeks without auditions?
On my trip back to Malta I decided to load up about 6 movies onto my iPhone and the first one I watched was Julie/Julia with my favourite actress of all time Meryle Streep, and Amy Adams fast becoming one of my favourites. What she did was basically cook Julia Child's book from cover to cover and write a blog about it. It is actually a true story and this insipired me to get my blog up and running again (besides an excuse to try beuf bourginion). I don't really know what it is going to be about but all I know is that there will be lots of cooking and lots of audition stories and some gossip to keep happy all those Maltese who wonder what exactly happens to those people who decide to go to London to persue their dream in acting.
To put you in the picture - I live with three boys: Thomas Camilleri, Robert Zammit and David Busuttil. It is hilarious, it is fun, it can get stressful but most of all it is my home in London and I love it. Outside our house is a lovely street with Daniel Craig living three doors down and Vanessa Redgrave only a few roads away. Seem appealing? Well, in the three months I have lived there, I have never seen Mr.Craig or Mrs.Redgrave once. I hope that this will change because I am tired of peeping!
To give justice to the title, I am going to write a little bit about my recent adventure - Nigella's Chestnut Cheesecake from her book called 'Feasts'. It is a lovely idea to have a chestnut cheesecake for Christmas but one ingredient was a little scarce in Maltese supermarkets - where the fuck is Sainsbury's when you need it?! I even went to a speciality shop and they did not have chestnut puree. I really wrecked my brains as to what I should do and then I thought - how hard could it be to make it? If they make it in big factories, surely I can make it in my kitchen right? Right. I looked for the receipie on Nigella's wesbite and there it was!!! Chestnut puree. So I am now writing this as I wait for my chestnut puree to simmer and become chestnut syrup. I am very excited. As for the cheescake, I am sure it will be amazing, as Nigella always is, and it actually has a little more glory because you have to pour the chestnut topping on the cheescake in front of your guests - talk about Nigella helping me to get my full glory when I serve it!
We will see how this turns out but I cannot wait!
