Culinary triumph this evening, with a pack of exotic mushrooms and fungi that I cooked in a wok with butter, garlic (too much), salt, pepper and parsley. Extremely tasty; I must repeat.

No greater praise for Handel Italian cantatas volume II than to say that, after its second hearing this evening, I immediately went off and listened to volume I again. The lion's share of praise goes to the 22 year old George Frederic, of course. But plenty of praise left over for the delicious Stephanie True, and not forgetting Marco Vitale, Contrasto Armonico, the Brilliant Classics recording team -- and the Brilliant Classics marketing department for keeping the pricing realistic. I am sitting waiting with my credit card ready for volume III.