December 31st
2007
2007 has been a pretty good year for me. A busy one? A-b-s-o-l-u-t-e-l-y, but it held many wonderful surprises, leaving me both astounded and filled with happiness to the brim. How can you possibly beat a great chance to turn your passion into profession? So after all I'm not really complaining about the additional workload, although I am struggling a bit to meet the set deadlines concerning my book's layout. My belly is still somewhat tired after all the Christmas feasting, the next recipe post will have to wait a few more days. Instead... how about some tidbits about my very personal 2007? Mostly food, of course :)
Best food moment - restaurant (Munich)
Surprise lunch with a dear friend at Tantris, Munich
Best food moment - restaurant (Europe)
Serendipity led us to Le Clos Saint Pierre, Le Rouret, France
Best food moment - restaurant (USA)
No, it was not The French Laundry, all in all we had the most perfect evening (company+food+atmosphere) at Fruition, Denver
Best food moments - street food
Socca in Nice, France
Pizza on the median in front of the The Cheeseboard Pizza Collective, Berkeley
Still warm Tiropita from a small bakery in Amouliani, Greece
Best food moments - private
Sebastian's cheese fondue at a photo shooting at Coco's atelier
A wonderfully tasty salad served in the fabulous garden of our friends Sherry and Bob, overlooking the glistening skyline of San Francisco
Most daring food moment
Steak & kidney pudding prepared by one-and-only Kaltmamsell and goose stomach served by my dad - both delicious! (Skipping the oyster part that didn't convince me.)
Biggest kitchen challenge
Pork filet sous-vide at 60°C (140°F) - keeping the exact temperature with a standard stove is a real challenge. Takes forever and was not amazing enough to justify the effort.
Best new kitchen gadget
Gaggia ice cream maker. Or does this qualify as "kitchen gadget", too?
Best news
Bavaria bans smoking in restaurants from January 2008 and onward.
Favorite food blogs
Smitten Kitchen, The Pioneer Woman Cooks!
Favorite recipes from other food blogs
Petra's Heringssalat
Ree's Olive Cheese Bread
Favorite recipes from delicious:days
Salsa finta & polpette di ricotta
Apfel-Griebenschmalz (apple greaves dripping)
Curd mousse
Sunny egg ravioli
Rahmfleckerl
Pancake soup
Grandma Salazar's tamales
Chicory gratin with bacon
Mikado salad
Mini bagels
Favorite online-shop
ETSY of course. Try this one or this one...
Favorite cookbooks
The Art of Simple Food - Alice Waters
Beaneaters & Bread Soup - Lori DeMori
The Herbal Kitchen - Jerry Traunfeld
Good Food - Neil Perry
Die Zuckerseiten Österreichs - Rudolf Kotschever
Most treasured CDs
Róisín Murphy - Overpowered (fab, fab, fab!)
People Press Play - People Press Play
James Morrison - Undiscovered
Favorite food related projects
No surprises here.
We wish you a very happy 2008 and thank you for stopping by delicious:days every now and then - we're always happy to see you around :)
wow, I just discovered your site and I can't say how happy I am to have found you!! youhave ome amazing recipes here and the photos are simply out of the world..grat job guys!
Wish you a great 2008 too:)
Thanks for some inspirational recipes and photography, from someone new to the whole 'blogosphere' thing. :- ) I'm excited to see that you included an Australian cookbook in your favourites list... I'd also recommend 'Where the Heart Is' by gorgeous Melbourne chef, Karen Martini. It's mostly Greek and Italian inspired, and wins my vote for 2007 favourite.
It's always fun to read your best of compilations, be these in music, recipes or cookbooks! Thank you for a lovely blog during this year - and all the best with all your projects in 2008!!
What a wonderful (and deserved) opportunity!
Been a busy year for all of us it looks like. Its always good to find another good recipe site that has real content.
I've enjoyed your ideas all through 2007 and promise to do so all through 2008 as well. Happy new year!:)
Liebe Nicky,
ich wünsche Dir ein gesundes und speziell für 2008 natürlich ein besonders erfolgreiches Neues Jahr!
Happy new year and please don't stop writing ;)
A lovely close to the year...best of luck figuring out things for the book! I'll be keeping my eyes out for more greatness from your site in 2008.
Happy New Year! It has been nice to get back to reading your fantastic blog and all of your food adventures!
Your blog has been such a pleasure as I surf food web sites. It inspired me to finally get to posting on my site regularly. Keep it up, good luck in 2008!
Happy New Year to you too!! ;-) May 2008 bring you more sweet days!
A very happy New Year to you! Thanks for the wonderful blog you're sharing with us. May 2008 be a lucky year for you.
Happy New Year! Your blog is a pleasure to read...I can't wait for the book!
It's always a pleasure to pass by and read your blog. Thank you for being so inspiring!
Happy 2008 - may all your wishes come true!
(Bats eyelashes.) I'm one of your favorites? Me? Right back at you!
Wishing you the best for 2008!
Happy New Year! It looks like your year has been nothing short of exciting. Wishing you many more adventures in 2008!!
hi!
I wish you a great 2008!
:)
Happy New Year! I like your 2007 highlights - I'm going to include a few of these in my own 2007 roundup!
Happy New Year!
The pictures showing you taking food picture is so Professional, this tell me how much you respect your food and love to share with people.
Thank you for all you do! Keep posting!
Dear May, Thanks for the compliment, but I cannot take credit for this one. The picture shows Coco, a friend of mine and professional food photographer ;)
Nicky, I wanted to say thanks for mentioning Roisin Murphy to us. I must admit I hadn't really acknowledged her, but checked her out after reading your post earlier this month. And thanks to this I had the most wonderful evening last night - Roisin gave a concert in one of the blackbox clubs here, and it was a great, great experience. Danke schön!!!
Pille, My pleasure! Her latest album is one of the rare CDs I could listen day in, day out - it never gets boring. Too bad we missed her, when she performed in Munich, so I really envy you ;)
Happy New Year to you too! I've enjoyed reading about all your delicious adventures and look forward to more in 2008!