Easy fish soup

We finally arrived in sardinia for a 3 week holiday. The first few days we did nothing except lazy beach life and quick pasta dinners and the  occasional fish from the grill. Grill-fish means lots of bones and leftovers. Time for fish stock. When I…

Kulcha

A few streets from where we live is a lovely indian restaurant called Mahamaya we go there as often as our budget allows.  Which, at the moment is hardly ever. It’s one of our favorite places for several reasons: It’s a cosy place, they serve…

Peanut sauce

At the moment we rush from work to the nursery then home to play horse-race or pirates. In between we have to do the shopping for dinner. So I’m really very uninspired when it comes to cooking. I’m not good with quick suppers. I lack…

Red currant jam

The red currant tree in our garden was full of berries. To me there is only one thing to do with these sour little things – red currant jam with vanilla. That’s the only way I really like red current. Clean the berries and cook…

bali report

Welcome to Bali where the swell is good and the food is cheap and tasty!!!!! Snapper BBQ  with pimiento lemongrass sauce. Squid indian oignons.  coffee or cacao ? On the way to Ubud the capital of art and food Spring rolls ,crab cake and randang…

Foodzie

I just came across this site. Foozie is an online marketplace where you can discover and buy food directly from small passionate food producers and growers. “Our small piece of that mission is to help the small food producers across the country find customers and…

Pavlova

The Pavlova is  just one of the nicest desserts I know. Is basically a meringue with lot’s of cream and fruit on top. The recipe I have comes from Nigel Slater (with lot’s a adjustments ) and the special thing about it is that you…

The pedant in the kitchen

I’m already was a big fan of Julian Barns, A History of the World in 10½ Chapters is among my favorite books. Of course I was very pleased to find that he wrote a “food book”. The pedant in the kitchen is a collection of…

Strozzapreti with crab and lemon sauce

Yesterday we had cha ca and fresh spring rolls for dinner, so there was some crab meat left. Something had to be done with it today… Here a pasta with dish I really like and which is very simple. Of course you can  do it…