Top marks go to...

Heston Blumenthal, who has been named as the second best restaurateur in the world. I'd love to go and eat at his place in Bray down in the south, just to see what all the fuss is about. He's written a column in the Guardian on Saturday for the last few years, with recipes, and his approach is just astoundingly complex and longwinded (you should see the precision of the man's recipe for chips). And if you want egg and bacon icecream, then he's your man - he puts unusual flavours together in places you wouldn't expect, so it would be interesting to see if it all works. Let's face it, it's not something you'd want every day, or even every month, but it would be fun to try it out. I'd best go save up the £85 for the tasting menu then...

Although tonight was a hurried homemade pizza, yesterday I baked properly, and made a chicken, celery, leek and mushroom pie, with rosemary pastry. I made enough for four, and planned to freeze the rest, but we were just too greedy and ate the lot. Ah well. Where pies are concerned, there's just no holding back. It's a good job I don't make them every week, or we'd be the size of houses...