Asparagus Salad, Phantom Thread, Morning Ritual

20220104, #breakfastdiary 315, -7°C/mist, 33 min/exercise Trim the woody ends off the asparagus and peel the stalks with a vegetable peeler. Blanch in boiling water. Plate it, drizzle olive oil on the side, and salt, salt, salt right before eating. #asparagussalad 'I like my asparagus with just oil and salt.' 'And yet you knew that, and still cooked it in butter.' As that line from the dinner scene midway through the film makes clear, this movie is about the power struggle between two lovers — Reynolds (Daniel Day-Lewis), a man with his own unshakeable world, and his muse Alma (Vicky Krieps). And that power struggle doesn't follow the usual pattern you'd expect — the one you'd assume for a top male designer of his era paired with a countryside restaurant waitress. #PhantomThread seems to be well regarded precisely for defying that expectation. Try eating asparagus dressed with nothing but oil (olive oil) and salt, without simmering it in butter, and you might just feel Reynolds's world drawing a little closer.