Have you posted today? No, I am awfully sorry, I am constipated! Disclaimer: Constipation is a common digestive problem and I am in no way qualified to write about it nor am I making fun about it. I am using it us an analogy for writer block as the similarities in psychological factors are rather striking: fear and laziness. …
Do you write guest posts? And how do you feel when you are invited to write a guest post? My first reaction when Lori Gosselin of Life, for Instance kindly asked me to write one, I felt deeply honoured and scared at the same time. It is like being invited to a friend’s home for a dinner party for the …
Plate to Page Workshop at Meare Court Farm in Somerset UK, from May 18 – 21, 2012 Meare Court Farm For months I have been looking forward to this weekend in Somerset: The Plate2Page Workshop, three days of food writing and photography. “Gently” led and guided by those four formidable professional ladies: Jamie of Life’s a Feast Jeanne of Cook Sister! …
The following piece is a writing exercise from the Plate2Page Workshop on food writing and photography in Somerset from May 18 – 21. Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch’entrate. All hope abandon, ye who enter in. (Dante Alighieri: Divine Comedy, canto III, line 9) Why does it always remind me of a cattle drive?
Do you have a green dream? Or is yours a green reality? I grew up with a very green mother (at 88 she still prefers outdoor works to in-house chores, suggest knitting or crocheting to her and she will politely decline). As a child I did not appreciate garden work (and up today I cannot stand having soil or flour …
I still remember my first Falafel: years ago in Jerusalem in front of Jaffa Gate there was a street vendor selling Falafel in pita with lettuce, tomatoes and tahini. I was instantly smitten with the richness of its flavours. And it has become one of my favourite snacks. This week I was invited to the book vernissage of a friend, …
A Date, a Visit to a Museum and Some Roman Tips I am really nervous tonight: I have a date. I am very exited to get to know Fabrizio Faraco in real life, we have met online through a professional group on Facebook. Those of you who have made friends online and got to meet them in real life as …
When in Rome do as the Romans Do. I wonder if a native of Rome has ever taken an official tour of Rome? We do and this is our official tour day, the concierge books a tour with a company called Ciao Roma for us (€ 26.00 per person).
Roma, bella Roma – Part I Basel is conveniently located in the middle of Europe, great European destinations only a short flight away. This weekend will take us to Rome. And big thanks go to my friends who invited me to this lovely trip (it was their present for my big birthday last year). Rome: I cannot believe I have …
Dukka is an Arabic side dish consisting of a mixture of herbs, spices, nuts (hazel, cashew, pine) and salt. The word is derived from the Arabic „to pound“, i.e. the ingredients are pounded together after being dry roasted. Each family has its own recipe and the mixture can widely vary and contain dried mint, caraway, chickpeas, zataar. You can also …