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…

Sunday afternoon Tea with beignets

Now that it’s getting cold outside it’s time to reintroduce tea time. So the 3 brown and over ripe bananas on the balcony came in handy and were a good excuse to try a dangerously good looking new recipe from Giorgio Locatelli: Chocolate and Banana…

Chermula

On of my favourite spice mixtures is the Moroccan chermula “sauce”. It’s the perfect spice to accompany a tajine. You can buy it ready made in good food stores but it’s easily made at home. 2 garlic gloves Salt 1/2 tsp sweet paprika powder a…

Knife

If you are willing to pay a lot of money you can get really fantastic kitchen knifes. I was not so far. Maybe because I don’t have good cutting skills yet, and I sort of think this would be the premise to spend all that…

our dinner

dinner today -我が家の夜ご飯- takikomi gohan (cooked with rice, vegetables, chicken and dashi ), dashimaki tamago (japanese omlet with cooked radish and carrot) and sauted zucchini with soya, butter and dried bonito. served with miso soup or clear japanese soup (osumashi).

Chawan mushi

 chawan mushi -茶碗蒸し- mix egg and dashi well and steam. with maschroom and shrimp Ankake sauce. (thickened with powdered kuzu) make cold body warm.