Author: zera

One of my favorites: vietnamese spring rolls

A simple but delicious dish. One you can be creative. Today I filled them with lime and sugar marinated prawns, thai basil, cilantro, mint and rice noodles. Serve them with Nuoc Cham and peanut-butter sauce. Today I did an easy version of the peanut-butter sauce…

Kitchen confession No 1: Pans

I don’t know about you but I have several kitchen secrets that I’m a bit ashamed of. Today I’m going to reveal one of them: I own 18 pans A huge stainless steel spaghetti pan 3 smaller stainless stee ones for pasta, milk ete. 1…

Cheese paradise

Christoph Bruni and his cheese is well known here in Bern. He sells and produces some of the best cheese in the region. The only place to buy is on the farmer Market Tuesday and Saturday. Be prepared to wait half an hour till it…

Wine by the fire

There is nothing better than dinner in the garden. Our garden is an allotment located 10 minutes from our home. Light a fire, grill some fish and open a nice bottle of wine. What more does one need? You can also see todays harvest on…

Tomato time

This is the time of tomatoes. I only eat tomatoes during the summer month (meaning july, august and September). I hate the tomatoes you can buy throughout the year in supermarkets, they taste of nothing. (If I really need tomatoes I buy cherry tomatoes they…

Kitchen Books

Just recently I read the following kitchen books. So if you are in the mood for some food stories read these: Anthony Bourdain: Geständnisse eines Küchenchefs Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain “Kitchen Confidential is for diners who believe that their sublime sliver of seared foie…

Grill party

Nothing better than a grill party with friends on a warm summer night. We had one yesterday, I was longing for this to happen since early spring but some how it never happened untill now. I had big plans on what to cook but as…