Chapter 1

 

I loved New York with the kind of mad passion I reserved for only one other thing in my life. The city was a microcosm of new world opportunities and old world traditions. Conservatives rubbed shoulders with bohemians. Oddities coexisted with priceless rarities. The pulsing energy of the city fueled international business bloodlines and drew people from all over the world.

 

Fire-Baked Lemon Tart

 

By Tomas & Daniel

 

This is one of the most delicious tarts you will ever get your hands on! (No … not like that – get your brain out of the gutter!)

 

It’s that perfect scenario where sweet and crunchy meets sour and creamy.

 

Topped with fresh fruit and dusted with icing sugar, this lemon tart is the berries!

 

Dear Reader,

 

I have been told that publishers these days like a particular type of memoir. They like a little bit of misery. They like a ‘mis mem’. 

Well, I’m afraid I have had very little ‘mis’ in my life, and nowadays I have even less ‘mem’. So we can knock that one on the head.

In fact my brain is a bit soupy overall re the past. Sometimes it’s hard to know what is an actual memory and what is simply a memory of a photograph.