Archive for May, 2008
| Getting-ready-for-summer-lemonade with pink grapefruit and ginger |  |
May 29th, 2008 |
Bang! From one day to another it is summer. Just like that. No notice, so we’re still stuck with our winter wardrobe.
| Pimpin' an old favorite |  |
May 23rd, 2008 |
Getting the taste of your very first [almost] flourless chocolate cake, there’s no way back. It is a regular on our table, my friend Kristin serves it (with even more butter ) in her coffee bar next door and my grandpa’s girlfriend who is in her 80s fell for the recipe, too.
| Smooth & silky: white asparagus soup with vanilla |  |
May 19th, 2008 |
It was more a coincidence when my taste buds made the acquaintance with white asparagus and vanilla the first time around. A very pleasant encounter I might add. Which in fact got me to deliberately choose it a second time leaving me with lots of ideas, and a strong mental note: Must try flavoring white asparagus with vanilla.
| More organic than I ordered |  |
May 16th, 2008 |
Why is it, that whenever I buy an organic lettuce, I find one – not two or three – just one of those little critters in there? I think I’m on to something here, I’m seeing this grandpa-type old man sitting…
| The white asparagus deal |  |
May 14th, 2008 |
Talking about bad customer service in Germany?? Not here and a clever move, too: some market stalls at Viktualienmarkt offer to peel your asparagus – within 5 minutes and they do it for free!
| Cooking lessons |  |
May 11th, 2008 |
…return to the class room everyone. Yesterday was all about going back to school: Friends came over and taught us a thing or two about how to properly make their favourite …
| A little piece of wood |  |
May 7th, 2008 |
With a little parcel from Rome arriving earlier this year (thanks to my dear friend Hande) came a perhaps inconspicuous but nevertheless very useful tool, it has become indispensable in my kitchen and I use it – I kid you not – almost once every week.
| Sunday finds |  |
May 5th, 2008 |
Munich readers may be able to guess where I spent all Sunday morning…
| Just when you thought you knew everything about baked potatoes |  |
May 2nd, 2008 |
… a suicidal one decided to explode in our oven with a major BANG!
