Lunch’n’learn: vegan baking
Grab your rolling pin and get ready to blow everyone’s minds with a variety of delicious, nutritious, fully vegan cookies this Christmas. Yes, it’s possible, and no, it’s not hard. Cookies are a great introduction to vegan baking, and you’ll…
Lunch ‘n’ learn: Seitan
Seitan (not to be confused with satan) has found a place on many a hippy’s happy plates when the craving for a hearty, satisfying meat replacement kicks in. It’s made from gluten, the main protein of wheat, and is a…
Lunch ‘n’ learn: soup
Winter is here, so for our first December workshop, there’s just one thing to cook — a bowl of cosy, comforting soup. Whether humble or hearty, velvety smooth or rustic chunky, there’s a soup for every soul; we’ll learn a…
Lunch ‘n’ learn: onions!
I love the fact that Bern has a traditional market especially celebrating that humble but ubiquitous vegetable, the onion. The Zibelemärit is on Monday, 27 November, this year, and I will go and procure unreasonable amounts of onions so that…
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Lunch ‘n’ learn: fermentation 101
We’ll take a first peek into the magical, bubbly world of fermentation, by making our own Korean-style “Sauerkraut” called Kimchi. We’ll go over a few other quick vegetable pickling ideas, learn the easiest way to sterilise preserves jars and introduce…
Colours
Not carrot-related, but I’m really loving St. Vincent’s latest song New York, and it’s wonderfully colourful video: And a nice quote on maturity from her interview about the song on the Song Exploder podcast : “If the song is best…
Lunch ‘n’ learn: vegan quiche
Quiche is one of those versatile dishes that is great to have in your culinary repertoire, because it can be quick, easy, adaptable and is always a crowd-pleaser at lunch, brunch or simple dinner tables. I’ve tried many a vegan…
Quick comfort
How to pull together a quick, comforting meal with ca. 5 ingredients: Do you happen to have some cooked potatoes on hand? Why yes, as a matter of fact I do! Good for you! Chop them into cubes. Nope. Throw…
