Day #28 I bought a juice extractor (the type that goes on the stove and extracts the juice by heat) last year as I was not happy with my electrical one – too much waste and my kitchen looked like a very sweet and sticky hell afterwards. Brand new and all shining new juice extractor I had …
YOUR TURN! Vidya Takes Us to Heaven
I am so excited, honoured and proud to present the first guest post in the new series YOUR TURN! by Vidya Sury. When I first read her lovely post I felt in (culinary) heaven and as it is my privilege to pick the title, here goes! I met Vidya online and enjoyed reading her posts and comments on many blogs. I admire …
A Hands On, Mouth Full And Brain Spinning Kind of Experience
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! …
Roma, bella Roma – Part III
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 …
Graettimaa | Santa Claus
We celebrate Santa Claus in Switzerland on December 6. We have a family tradition of making our own Graettimaa (mannekin) and drinking rich dark cocoa with a nice topping of whipped cream with it. Actually, we always have a couple, the female is slightly sweet and goes with the cocoa. The male, this year’s turned out to be a cross …
Double Celebration for Two Impressive Ladies
Yesterday I was invited to a double celebration at Bider & Tanner Bookshop in Aeschenvorstadt 2 in Basel, honouring 21 years of Bergli Books and the publication of „Cheese Slices of Swiss Culture“ by Sue Style. Bergli Books and Dianne Dicks are one: Bergli Books was founded in 1990 by Dianne Dicks to publish the anthology of stories about …
Maremma Mia
How to Prolong Your Summer The best way to prolong your summer is to leisurely drive down south to southern Tuscany in October (when living in Europe) and stay out somewhere in campagna (the countryside)! Glorious weather all week with temperatures around 30° C and we spend all day outside, from breakfast to dinner. My favourite region is la …
The French Affair (Part III)
The third visit took us to Hagenthal last Sunday. Saveurs et traditions des Pyrénées: cheese, bacon and salame. Interesting and very funny guy. He was the one who mentioned to my friend Lily: „Ah, votre amie, c’est un numéro!“ „What? I am not a number, I am human!“ He knows all about cheese and salame Les saucissions et le bacon …
The French Affair (part II)
Degustha and Agrogast – a culinary trip There is not only one food and wine exhibition, Degustha,but there is also Agrogast, le festival du terroir,in Hagenthal, Alsace, taking place at the same weekend. Both exhibitions present the best French products, un tour de France de la gastronomie: red and white wine, champagne, armagnac, cognac and brandy from Burgundy, Alsace, Roussillon, …
Fruits de mer in Alsace
A French Affair Away this weekend at Degustha, le salon vins et gastronomie, now in its 24th year in nearby Barthenheim, Alsace, scouting new delicacies, vanilla pods, chocolate, honey, homemade woodoven baked bread, cheese, foie gras … I remember the early years when the exhibition took place in Hagenthal, a rather rural event in the countryside with only a few …