The warm wind from Africa has arrived, melted the snow as quickly as it fell and we are now bathed in sunshine.I could not imagine being in a more magical place for Christmas, with neighbours, friends and delicious, local food in the kitchen. I am cooking a Christmas Eve supper of Castellucio lentils, the taste of which is perfumed, subtle, earthy and makes me think of the beautiful high altitude plateau where they grow here, the feeling there not European at all, so remote and distant it is and quite breathtaking.
