Today I am cheating big time: there was no salad for lunch as we went out to enjoy Thai food al fresco (a hot and spicy vegetable soup and a yellow curry with beef). And it is not my Greek salad either but a wonderful salad my daughter prepared last night for dinner. Let me try to …
A Day In The Life … Paradise
Day #27 Did you know that the word paradise stems from the Hebrew word pardes and it means orchard? This morning I went to paradise, a very earthy one, i.e. a friend’s garden to pick some grapes. It was a foggy morning and not as wet as the last time two years ago. Actually, it was not wet at …
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 …