Girona is known to have one of the best preserved Jewish ghettos in Europe and I was happy for a chance to explore it. When the chance arose to speak at a conference in this beautiful city, I jumped up and grabbed it. Not only did I learn a lot in the workshops I attended, […]
Ireland
This spring, I finally fulfilled my dream of traveling to the Emerald Isle, where we spent two wonderful weeks exploring as much as possible. Ireland: what to see, where to go? Our list got longer and longer the more we immersed ourselves in guidebooks. We flew to Dublin, from there drove to Northern Ireland and […]
Plate to Plate: Lentil Hummus
Our eighth Plate to Plate challenge is a lovely dip for any time of the year, but perfect for spring and summer when fresh vegetables are available. When I read Heidi Swanson was writing a new book, I got excited. Her blog was one of the first I started reading, and I have a handful […]
Wild Garlic Hummus
The first spring greens have arrived and have been happily greeted in my kitchen. When we’ve had enough of carrots, potatoes and root vegetables we long for wild garlic, the first greens in spring. Due to the mild winter, everything is a bit early this year. When a colleague at work said it was making […]
End of Winter Salad
After lots and lots of root vegetables, by the end of winter I’m hungry for fresher things. We didn’t really have a winter as such. It was far too mild and it hardly snowed. We went off in the search of snow twice, found some, too, but it could have been more. Still, potatoes, squash, […]
A Winter Trip to Rome
In February I spent 5 days in the “Eternal City” walking around and gazing at objects I had only read about or seen pictures of. When my mother suggested a trip to Rome, I jumped at the chance. When I was in school and university, I studies Renaissance art and wrote papers about Michelangelo and […]