The Lolita date
Occasionally I come across ingredients that I think deserve the spotlight all on their own, not as part of a recipe. It may be something completely new, fascinating, surprising, or just plain delicious. Hence the idea for a series of…
A time of plenty
Summer is a time of plenty… a time to rejoice in tomatoes bursting with flavour; perfect, tiny, sweet wild raspberries; fresh, golden corn; huge zucchinis from the garden. A time when “cooking” is almost trivial. Go for a stroll in…
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…
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,…
Bärn märit
Happy to be back at the Bärn märit 🙂 All Swiss produce haul: rainbow chard, red, mustard and zebra tomatoes, pattypan squash, tiny fennel, a bunch of mixed herbs (including borrage!), apricots from Wallis, wild huckleberries, plump raspberries and the…
Pink morning
Pink morning: melon strawberry smoothie. a small, incredibly sweet chanterais melon, a handful of forest strawberries, some almonds, a small drizzle of maple syrup and topped with a few thyme leaves.
Sweetest dessert
Apricot thyme smoothie
Morning sun and shadow: apricot thyme smoothie for breakfast. 1 frozen banana, 3 huge and ridiculously tasty apricots, 1 date, a small handful of cashews, pinch of vanilla, picked leaves from several thyme sprigs, a few ice cubes and a…
