Author: zera

Smittenkitchen

The other one is called smittenkitchen, also very inspiring. “Deb is the kind of person you might innocently ask what the difference is between summer and winter squash and she’ll go on for about twenty minutes before coming up for air to a cleared room…

101 cookbooks

Today a friend send me to foodblog links 101 cookbooks is one of them. It’s a lovely made blog , a recipe journal. It  primarily features healthy, vegetarian recipes – with the occasional sweet treat thrown in. The about text could be from me only…

Root vegetable salad

At the moment one can get lovely beet root varieties at the shops. For this salad I used normal red beetroot and this lovely red-white variety. Cut 2 beetroots and a third of a celery into stripes. Marinate in the juice of 2 lemons for…

Friday is fish & chips day

Our chips are dead simple to make. Peel and cut potatoes ( same type you would use for mash). Put on a baking sheet add some oil and into the preheated oven (200° ) . Turn from time to time until golden. Sprinkle with vinegar…

in’t veld chocolate

The new bagel shop in our neighborhood carries a nice selection of very special chocolate. in’t veld is one of them, of course I could not resist this wrapping. We tried the blood-orange and goat milk one. It’s very nice, the blood-orange gives it a…

The first Panettone of the season

I just love panetone. When the days get shorter and outside it’s cold and wet , there is nothing better than a cappuccino and a pice of panetone. The arrival of the Panettone is always quite a happening. You can not buy them for 8…

Mas du Soleilla

This is where our favourite wine comes from: Mas du Soleilla. Mas du Soleilla is a 24 hectare estate situated to the east of Narbonne in the small wine producing region of La Clape. Quality conscious viticulture on the part of the owners, close proximity…