Spending over 4 weeks in Norway has taught us a lot about food culture in Norway. The short version: if you are particular about your food: Go to Italy! If you are a resourceful and inventive person there can be no objection. Please go to Norway because it’s so beautiful it will move you to […] [Read More...]
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New Year in Norway
We were fortunate enough to spend the beginning of the New Year in beautiful Norway. It is great to experience a real winter around this time of the year. So we made the most of the snow and did all types of sledding, dog, horse drawn and several odd devices that get you downhill in […] [Read More...]
South of England : Sticky Toffee Moments
I’m happy, and the simple reason is all the glorious food moments I already encountered in my life. Many will follow hopefully, and recently I scored a few bonus points when visiting England. I have been to England and Scotland more then a few times, but oddly enough some might say, there were some staple […] [Read More...]
Our Favorite 10+ Hot Toasty Ideas
I distinctly remember when toasties (tosti if you’re Dutch, croque-monsieur for the French) came into fashion with our family. All of a sudden everybody had a ‘hot toasty iron’. Now this was something new and different to look forward to for lunch. Somehow we never got past the cheese and ham ones, except for … [Read More...]
Cookies from an Island Bakery
When we visited Mull on the west coast of Scotland I came across a little bakery in the colorful settlement of Tobermory. Those of you who watch BBC/ CBeebies will maybe recognize Tobermory from the popular children’s program Balamory. Because of this the place is full of wide eyed little children looking for the homes […] [Read More...]
Historical Cookies
My last holiday was a ‘mer à boire’ for a foody like me. Everywhere you go in Italy and Provence you see something worth exploring. Even supermarkets are interesting abroad. But the cookies I found in St. Remy de Provence were a real treasure! The place is called ‘Le petit Duc’ and it specializes in […] [Read More...]
Popovers from New York
I had the pleasure of being in New York City for a Pilates conference. I lunched at Bloomingdale’s with my friend and we both had a very fresh looking Caesar salad with seared tuna. When asked if I wanted a popover with my salad, I was immediately intrigued. Now this looked interesting! And it tasted […] [Read More...]
Tomatoes go wild for Focaccia
When I saw these wild or ‘primal’ tomatoes at the organic store I just couldn’t resist making another focaccia. The tomatoes look colorful and appealing but luckily they taste great too. Click here for the best focaccia recipe I posted a while ago! [Read More...]
The Best Focaccia with fresh herbs
At the moment the whole of Europe is baking under a hot sun. But still I turn on the oven because I can’t help baking, even at temperatures of 30 degrees C and more. Hot weather triggers images of Mediterranean food: colors of red, purple, orange and green. Lavender, tomatoes, olive oil, rosemary and thyme….I […] [Read More...]
Winston Knot
Winston knot We learned to make this bread at a workshop last year with famous Dutch organic baker [Read More...]
