For years now I have kept notebooks with scribbled shopping lists and early drafts of recipes in them. These notes form the basis of this second volume of THE KITCHEN DIARIES. More than a diary this is a collection of small kitchen celebrations be it a casual beer-fuelled supper of warm flatbreads with pieces of grilled lamb scattered with toasted pine kernels and blood-red pomegranate seeds or a quiet moment contemplating a bowl of soup and a loaf of bread.