Thordis' Triumphant Return

Back in New York after three months in her native Iceland, Thordis Adalsteinsdottir celebrated her return and smash-hit exhibition at Reykjavik's The Living Art Museum with a quiet dinner at Cafe Drake. South Indian fare was on the menu again - fish curry, tangy tamarind rice, pineapple salad, mango chutney, raita. Spicy as Thordis herself after the second lemon martini, dinner was a wonderful chance to catch up with a friend and cook for a truly adventerous palate. Adding to the brave novelty of the sweet/sour/salty/spicy meal was a bottle of hand-delivered berry wine from the hinterlands of the Icelandic countryside; jammy and pungent, it provided the perfect exotic background.