Month: February 2012

What’s cooking: The Flavour Thesaurus by Niki Segnit

We left our favorite cook book shop – “Books for cooks” with this little gem. A “thesaurus” of different flavour combinations. Former marketing executive Niki Segnit has taken 99 flavours (from potato and cucumber to black pudding and washed-rind cheese) and grouped them into hundreds…

What’s cooking: Heston at home

Heston at home is the first cook book that I bought in a while and it’s totally different from the books I usually buy. But having seen his show Heston’s Mission Impossible on Channel 4 I’m a bit of a fan. Particularly the episode where…

A glimpse into our kitchen

January february are traditionally the quiet months here on coeur de sel. There are several reasons for this, first off, after all this christmas cooking it’s time to take it easy, I’m usually a bit fed up with cooking I have to admit and I’m…

Potatoes fennel casserole

Please excuse this crapy picture but this dish took us by surprise. It was one of these sunday evening fridge leftover dishes that turned out to be a star. Very unexpected flavors for a casserole but totally delicious. You’ll need: some baby patatoes some fennel…