Five things Fay Maschler ate this week

1. I have been what my late father-in-law Bernard Gadney (headmaster and a rugby union captain of England) would call “off games”. One lunch was homemade duck stock, which I have learned to call bone broth — according to a recent Sunday supplement, “a total babe-maker”.

2. Conserverie Parmentier sardines (pictured) in olive oil with chilli, which I mashed with a fork, sprinkled with Raw Health organic cider vinegar and spread on oatcakes.

3. Strong, sinewy Bolivian coffee courtesy of AeroPress, a nifty gadget that was a birthday present from my friend Joe.

4. Guangdong Lapi, chilled sweet potato and green bean thread noodles with hot sautéed peanuts, at The Bamboo Flute in Cleveland Street, a welcome new restaurant in my neighbourhood.

5. Peel me a grape. A silky white gazpacho of almonds, garlic and grapes at a dinner given by Camellia Panjabi and Namita and Ranjit Mathrani.