The week I dislocated a bone in my fist.

Topographical cheesecakes and peeled pistachios
(pistachios steeped in boiling water for 2 minutes twice and then peeled and toasted.

Sticky date pudding, butterscotch sauce, brandy snap, medjool date, pedro poached fig'n'vanilla Ice cream

Candied lemon rind (thrice blanched from cold water) dusted with castor sugar and dehydrated) and a silver balloon.

A dicky drawing cleverly placed on my jacket by the gag-master at work.

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