Bang! From one day to another it is summer. Just like that. No notice, so we’re still stuck with our winter wardrobe.

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.

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.

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…