It's been a very long break from food blogging.  I found after my friend Mike died that I lost motivation.  But here I am, and it's the start of a new year, the days are getting longer, the light is returning.

We are having friends for dinner tomorrow night, so I thought I would do some menu planning.  We have quite a lot of leftover leg of lamb, so I am leaning towards a lamb pilaf.  Sari and Rowan will need something vegetarian, so falafel from scratch.  Then we can make some skordalia, hummus  and the like for starters, a nice big salad, and some lamb kofta because we do have a whole lamb down in the freezer to work our way through.  Perhaps I can convince Sari to make pita and a batch of puff pastry, and we can make sweet pastries for dessert, lemon and cheese, honey and walnut, and chocolate. 

Groceries from long ago.  Here's to a fresh start.