Came home last night to this lovely zucchini and couscous dinner my wife made for us. She’d previously sliced the zucchini thin on a mandoline and frozen them. Turns out that zucchini reduction made from frozen zucchini is really good! It has sort of a soufflee-like texture, almost as if it’s been battered and deep fried. Quite a surprise, but a nice one.

The fancy grocery store up the hill has started stocking unusual fruits. I managed to restrain myself last time I was up there and only bought the cherimoya and the pepino dulce. I’m such a sucker for that stuff. So far I’ve managed to resist the dragonfruit (since every time I’ve tried it fresh before it’s been sort of bland and mealy) and the starfruit (I love starfruit; I think it tastes like a flower shop smells) and the passion fruit and the rambutan, but it’s probably only a matter of time.