A beautiful thing

This is probably the most beautiful veggie of all. Sorry sorry I don’t want to be mean to all you beautiful carrots, potatoes and such. You know it’s the intrinsic values that count, and this radish certainly is not the best veggie of all. Though,…

Pear and Roquefort pie

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…

Tangerine jam

I don’t like to admit it, but our boy is very picky when it comes to food. He always was like this, he hated the first ever mash ( it was carrot ) we made him. Today he could live from pasta and parmesan cheese.…

brunch

I love to brunch. Saturday and sunday noon we sit down for a extended brunch. Nice food and good music. The table is right next to the turntables so during our meals music and food always sort of mixes. This was a pretty extensive one,…

Tom Aikens Fish

Another cook book I recently bought is Fish by Tom Aikens. I can only recommend it, especially to people who like fish but are concerned by the state of our oceans and fish stock. “We are constantly being told about the benefits of eating fish…

Nigel Slater “Tender”

I just bought the new cookbook from Nigel Slater and adore it. All about vegetables in the kitchen and in the garden. The perfect book for a cook with his own vegetable patch like myself. It’s the first cookbook I read like a book. I…

Coeur de sel xmas dinner

Last saturday we had our annual coeur de sel xmas dinner. The men were djing the night before and were still fighting their hangovers. The woman had a nice bottle of wine with their racelette while looking after the kids and therefore were tired to.…

Profiteroles

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…

Apricot Half Moons

An other new discover are these little fellows. All you need is good a biceps muscle. I didn’t expect it to be so hard to squeeze the pastry out of the icing bag. But after the first try I was already tired. This is an…