Козунак
This past weekend was Orthodox Easter. Three (!) years ago I wrote a post on our Habakuk blog about козунак, a traditional Easter yeast-raised sweet bread.
Pesto magic
Pesto is one of those lovely, practical condiments that lights up the room and brings dishes to life. Infinitely versatile depending on what else is happening on the table, you can take it well beyond the traditional basil staple.
Clean slates and pulses
Happy New Year! I’m a little late to the party, it being February and all, but here we are! I’m not much of a resolutionist nor a fan of the January detox frenzy, but I do have a goal or…
Salad for breakfast
Yep, breakfast salad. Vibrant ruby grapefruit and crisp apple matchsticks drizzled with fresh-pressed ginger juice, a squeeze of lemon, barley malt syrup and chia seeds. On top of a day-old pancake. With some almond-soy yoghurt for creaminess. Not a bad…
Rosemary poached quince (and amaranth porridge! and Christmas!)
It’s been over a month since I got excited about some bright, beautiful, aromatic quince on a sunny autumn day in Berlin. I took them home and poached them in a simple syrup made with raw sugar, some organic orange…
Pear ginger almond smoothie
Today’s breakfast smoothie: pear and banana, almond, hulled hemp seeds and oat milk for protein, dark molasses for iron and lots of ginger for an immune system boost because Toby was feeling a little sickly. Topped with some roasted tigernut…
Gluten-free cake goodness
The other day, I felt like eating cake. It was also high time for a blog post. And I recently met a friend who’s eating mostly gluten-free. So I thought, “Why, I’ll develop a gluten-free cake recipe for the blog,…
Abundance
Friends, it’s plum season here in Berlin. We got a giant bucket of the stuff at the yoga cafe the other day, from the house manager or somebody who has a farm nearby…
Surfing solo: one ingredient inspiration
Strolling through the Türkischer Markt in Berlin the other day, wandering which of the piles of fresh produce would become dinner that evening, I happened to spy a crateful of green in the back of the fishmonger’s wares.
