I spend a lot of my working hours at home by myself. And while a lot of that time I end up tasting recipes I'm working on and just skipping lunch altogether, when I do cook for myself I love anything with tinned fish. And sardines are a personal favorite. In fact, if you were to check my purse at this very moment there's a 90% chance you'd find a tin of sardines. This is an interpretation of a kedgeree, as it's served tossed with crisp iceberg. But I think it's a worthy play on a classic.

Serves 1

Drizzle of oil
2 scallions, finely sliced
1/2 teaspoon curry powder
1/2 cup cooked rice
4 sprigs parsley, chopped
Salt and pepper, to taste
​Wedges of lime
1 can sardines, packed in water
1 egg, hard boiled
1/2 head iceberg lettuce, thinly sliced

1. In a small skillet heat a drizzle of oil over medium high heat until shimmering, then add scallions and curry and cook until scallions begin to soften and curry smells toasted, about 5 minutes, add 2 tablespoons of water and cooked rice and mix until evenly incorporated. Remove from heat and add parsley. Season to taste with salt, pepper and lime juice.
2. Drain sardines and toss with rice mixture. Slice hard boiled eggs and fold into rice mixture as well. Toss everything with thinly sliced iceberg and eat in front of your laptop.

We spent a weekend looking for stone sheep in the Tombstone Mountains, it's a really incredible spot. I've never seen anything quite like it. Every time you turn a corner and come around a mountain it feels like you're at the very end of the world.

Three days we were up well before sunrise to get up into the mountains, we saw tons of animals. And managed to shoot a ptarmigan for supper, which was delicious.

SPAM is either contemporary and trendy or only for those who don't know any better - or are possibly destitute. Roy Choi and David Chang have admitted to enjoying SPAM. And yet in my banal North American life serving SPAM produces some controversy. Some people will try it, some wont. Considering it's on the shelf at every supermarket, gas station, or convenience store it is both incredibly mundane and contentious at once. Which makes it possibly the most interesting thing to serve at a dinner party.

Would you come to my SPAM party?

*The image above is SPAM in the hole, with a side of SPAM and potato hash. It's a recipe I wrote for Seriouseats that was never published. It was delicious.