It’s cherry season, which is hard to pass up in the fruit displays right now. The ubiquity and popularity of the cherry contrasts surprisingly with the few hints of what to do with it. Just for a few other kinds of fruits there should be such a few recipes. Even the British cookbook author Nigel …
Cooking: The best cherry recipes for summer – style Read More »
Lying relaxed next to the pool, an ice-cold cocktail in your hand, cool music in your ears. Seems like an ideal summer? It will probably remain an ideal we dream of sweating in the office, leading the kids from one appointment to the next or cleaning the apartment again. But we can at least try …
Among the fish dishes, bouillabaisse is still considered the ultimate discipline. Without question, it’s a great soup. But just as interesting is how well our – even dubious – relationship to fish can be read from her recipe history. Its origin is said to date back more than 2500 years to a soup made by …
“Ma che cavolo?”, Ie “What is that shit about?” is heard in Italy when the other, much more vulgar C-word is avoidable. Germany can pack with its similarly vegetable, but much safer blasphemies like cucumber troop and rapeseed. The cavolo, the cabbage – or rather: the cavolo nero – is encountered in Italy during the …
Black cabbage: The palm tree in the winter garden – style Read More »
The first few weeks of the year are finally to pass Lent as the high season of resignation. The meal plan after the lavish holiday season should always be low in calories and modest. For some years now January has also been as non-alcoholic as possible (“Dry” or “Sober January”) and more recently also without …
Recipe: The most sustainable vegan vegetable soup ever – style Read More »
