Culinary travels finally took us to west africa. Shane was longing since long time to go there but my deficient knowledge of the african kitchen detained me. Internet research tough me that fufu is the thing one eats in west africa. For a start we…
Vietnamese or Thai food is ideal for hot summer days. Here’s a recipe that serves as a basis for all kinds of dishes. We usually use it with shrimps and / or fish, but it works just as well with veg. We never tried meat,…
I have a queue of things I want to do that lasts to Afrika. On the list is lot’s of weeding but also planting as important things as soybeans, imagine picking your own edamame in your garden! Then comes lot’s of cooking and baking I…
An other veggie day today. Again adapted from jamies italian cookbook. A stew of fave beans, peas, spinach, leek and artichokes. Cook you artichokes, preferably small violet ones, take off the outer leaves cut into half’s and take out thin white “hair”. Blanch your fave…
In Sardinia again, she is not eating fish, I’m not eating meat it seems this is unintended vegetarian holiday. At least till the weather is good enough to start the grill. In summer we don’t get much nice veggies here but it’s spring now we…
Thanks to a recipe by Christophe Champagnac of the Restaurant Les Arums I realized how beautifully anise goes with chestnuts. The original recipe was ‘ cappucino of chestnuts with star aniseed, pan fired foie gras, balsamic caramel ‘ (…). Now I don’t eat meat and…
I work way to much at the moment, it’s buying season and instead of trying new recipes from my lovely new cookbooks I run from one fair to the other. Hotel breakfast and the junk food one usually eats during the day don’t make me…
I’m about to discover the beetroot. Thanks to nigel slaters new cook book “tender” . So far I was almost clueless what to do with a beetroot. I like them raw. I occasionally mad a raw beetroot salad with sesame. I tried soup once but…
Profiteroles are amongst my favorite desserts. I always order them in the restaurant if they are on the menu, but there are huge differences in the preparation and not all of them are equally nice. What you want is dark bitter chocolate over cold and…
Certainly one of my favorite desserts, warm apples a hint of caramel and double cream…. yummy. But somehow I never mange to make it. Often I make the dough but then I am busy cooking dinner and have not time to cook the apples and…
