Author: zera

Culinary travels: Ireland

The next destination on our culinary trip around the world was Ireland. Emotional home country to his grand mother and his father and hopefully the next destination we are heading to. Shane was very excited about  the beer batter, which I let him do by…

Sardinia

It’s not that we would have eaten out every evening on our holidays, it’s just we are to lazy to blog anything seriously. Kevin came up with some truly amazing dishes but writing them down is an other thing , especially after a lovely dinner…

Cookieboy

Nina from toujours toi pointed this out to. cookieboy is a japanese “boy” who makes the most stunning cookies, go see for yourself – pure art! cookieboy.boy.jp/works/index.html

edamame

Is there anything better than a bowl of salty edamame? I always ordered them in japanese restaurants, but had no clue what I was eating was actually soybeans. I found out this spring, more or less the same time I discovered that Zollinger is selling…

Witches Birthday Feast

Last weekend was our sons Birthday party. He wanted it to be a witches party. We made some really fun things like a very scary witches cave in our cellar and we cooked  some serious magic potion with our witches. Kids party means chocolate cake…

Fresh tomato sauce

Now is the time I have to eat my yearly ratio of tomato. I only eat tomatoes during the hot summer month when they are ripe and sweet and smell beautifully. One of the favorite summer dishes is a simple tomato sauce. We are lucky…

Earl Grey crème brulée

I want summer back! I want to go back to these days were it was to hot to do anything else except sitting on the balcony and drinking whiskey sour. Back to the humid heat the made baking and cooking almost impossible. Instead it’s cold…

Traveling around the world with my son

Did I ever tell you about the high expectations I had of my son? I was so looking forward discovering the culinary world with him. I dreamt of eating sushi in japan and sea urchin fresh from the sea. Picking berries from the bushes in…

Harvest

Our garden is in full blossom now. So many courgettes I don’t know what to cook with them any more. We probably will have to start eating the flowers too – fried in batter a l’italienne. Today I could also harvest the first beetroot and…