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 […]
Walnut-Rosemary Bread
Making bread isn’t as hard as you may think. This basic recipe is jazzed up with walnuts and rosemary. I’ve always loved making my own bread and when a few years ago there was a huge hype about the book “The New Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day” by J. Hertzberg and Z. François, […]
Browsing through Stuttgart
Not too long ago I took the train up to Stuttgart to visit my sister. We had originally planned to visit Handmade Soul, but at the last minute decided against it. Instead, we walked around Stuttgart and went shopping. The very first time I went to Stuttgart was in 10th grade. It was at the […]