along with her husband Nick and their young sons Acer & Téo, they now live on the first three levels of an incredible London townhouse facing London's Clapham Common, a sprawling green city park surrounded by grand Georgian and Victorian mansions.
After an impromptu overnight visit last winter, when we got stranded at Heathrow in a blizzard, this time we returned for some proper London time, revising favorite old haunts and catching up with Dea on the new life in the old world ...
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the menu.
~ mozarella with nectarines & fresh basil
~ fresh rainbow trout baked with rosemary & lemon
~ couscous with dried apricots and butternut squash { recipe here }
~ lemon tart
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