On Saturday we celebrated my daughter’s birthday and enjoyed a lovely lunch at the Hotel Les Trois Rois in the restaurant Brasserie. Before we sit down for lunch, here is some
Prune Chutney Recipe
Prune Chutney Recipe Ingredients 3.5 kg prunes (= 3 kg fruit) 1 tsp cumin 1 tsp mustard seeds 3 fresh chili 3 Kafir leaves (fresh or dry) 10 Curry leaves (fresh or dry) 3 onions 6 garlic cloves 5 cm grated ginger 4 TS olive oil 4 dl aceto balsamico 8 TS honey salt + pepper Method Pit prunes and …
Spicy Nectarine Chutney Recipe
Spicy Nectarine Chutney Recipe Yield: 2 L Source: recipe adapted from Angoot Ki Lonji by Madhur Jaffrey Ingredients 3.2 kg fresh nectarines (= roughly 2 kg fruit) Part 1 (spices): 1 ½ tsp Jeera, 1 ½ tsp Kalonji (black cumin), 1 ½ tsp fenugreek, 1 ½ fennel seeds Mixture 2: 6 TS lime juice, 6 TS brown sugar, 3 tsp …
Tomato Ketchup Recipe
Tomato Ketchup Recipe Yield: 1.5 L Ingredients 2 large onions 2 stick celery 1 red pepper Olive oil 5 cm fresh ginger 4 cloves garlic 1 mace 1 fresh red chili, deseeded and finely chopped 2 TS coriander seeds 2 TS Jeera 4 cloves 1 tsp black pepper corns sea salt + pepper 2 kg tomatoes 5 dl water 3 …
Summer Bounty
What do you do when summer is here but it does not feel like summer? At least, here in Switzerland, it looks like early autumn, temperatures down, no sun, grey skies, wind, rain. I go shopping for food and start cooking, for me this is sheer meditation: Prunes are early this summer, we are still in the middle of the …
You missed out on some fun
Did you miss me? I have had a busy fortnight: Tuesday See the annual Tattoo in Basel Wednesday Break a toe! Thursday Fly to the USA We arrive in the middle of the heat wave and drive to Northampton where we stay at the Hotel Northampton in Northampton, a member of the Historic Hotels of America, lovely place. Northampton feels …
Chérie – I love you!
March 2011 Budding ah, what energy Sakura More cherry blossoms Overexposure Promising Delivering More to come Harvesting Baking Eating
Happyhappyhappy
It has been a very busy May with many long planned for activities and some rather unexpected events, it has been a month of celebration and mourning. Remember the movie Four Weddings and a Funeral ? Lovely English comedy, something to watch again on a rainy day, comfortably settled on the sofa, maybe with a nice glass of red wine …
The Last Days
Phuket III – The Last Days Wake up at 8, how much I enjoy sitting outside in the early morning, listening to the waves breaking on the shore (now every day a little bit louder as we are nearing full moon). Late breakfast, we decide to go to Patong and as there is no shuttle today we take a taxi …
A Time to Celebrate
Phuket II – A Time to Celebrate Today is Valérie’s big day. I enjoy the early morning on the balcony, watching the gently breaking waves. We have breakfast outside, next to the ponds which abound with fat goldfish. Sparrows, pigeons and jays (if that is the name for those cheeky birds with their bright yellow beaks, they are resourceful and …