Lemon curd It’s swelteringly hot right now. We went from 11 C to 28 C almost overnight… I’m certainly not complaining that summer has arrived, it just takes a while for my body to a...
How well can you get to know someone through the internet? Some say it is all superficial, others say real friendships can occur. Heck, a lot of people meet their partners online these days! I’...
I think that – looking through my blog and the failures I’ve had sofar with yeasty recipes – that it is pretty clear that I have some work to do in that area. When Anuradha of Baker...
Indian flavored chickpea curry Every once in a while I get my hands on a book that is just sooo full of fabulous recipes that I keep cooking from it. Under the Walnut Tree is just one such book. Writ...
Sometimes you come across a blog that instantly captures your attention and Sonia’s blog The Healthy Foodie is just one such blog. I love her recipes and her witty way of writing around those r...
Aperture 5.6 left and 13 on the right Whenever I give a workshop, it turns out that aperture and in general lighting is one of the most confusing things about photography. It doesn’t help that ...
I’ve always been a big Jamie Oliver fan. I think his passion for food and his commitment to making people, all people, eat better, healthier and homemade is unique. I love his food, his cookboo...
Simple yet delicious I’m a moron, you know that right? A downright idiot sometimes, if you will. I am impulsive. Act before I think about what I’m doing on many occasions. I change my min...
Don’t you just sometimes feel you’re at the mercy of some stranger when it comes to hosting of your blog? Not too long ago I moved from my Dutch hosting guys to Hostgator and while I have...
Salmon terrine with anchovies butter We have funny friends, did you know that? Friends who come up with these crazy ideas…. And it seems that our new kitchen is sort of bringing it out in all o...
Shaved fennel salad Even though the weather is certainly not salad-weather at the moment, I figured that maybe, if I eat enough salads, the sun will magically appear? Will that work you think? Sort o...
It’s chaos everywhere; one person is running around with smoked eel trying to remove all the bones, the other is rummaging through the racks beneath the kitchen counter searching for an empty p...
Steamed quinoa I drive a lot. Part of my job is going from one location to the next either in Europe or in Holland. Well mostly in Holland really, but once or twice every so many years I also have to...
Breakfast Remember I told you I had another funny story with Paris as, well let’s say as part of the story? Well here is comes, the story of a love gone sour… (nothing serious here, it...
As I’ve already told you when I did a guestpost for Ben from What’s Cooking Mexico? a few weeks ago in his series What’s Cooking World? I am a big big fan of his blog which is all a...
Tulips and a sandwich..;) Even though the sight of fields with rows and rows of tulips is nothing weird here I still love the sight of them. Since a few years the area around Almere is used to produc...
Seriously good sandwich! The book I have been reading for the past couple of weeks is all about Vietnamese Street Food. What I love about the book is the fact that it has all those wonderful stories ...
Monthly mingle; April in Paris Alors, j’taime Paris… My love affair with France dates back from when I was a little kid. My parents always went to France on holidays. When we were big eno...
Dreaming the day away... Every once in a while you have to give yourself something new and exciting to play with and in fact I got two new toys today. But then you know I have no self control to spea...
Muffin with bacon, mushrooms and parmesan I’ve been nosedeep into (a photoshoot for) cocktails all week long so far, so I figured it was time for something savory here. Just to balance things o...
Hete bliksem I suspect with a title like this one there might be a bit more spam then the usual amount..lol.. But I couldn’t resist the literal translation for this typical Dutch dish. When I w...
Photography ; Liren from Kitchen Confidante First of all my apologies for not sending the results of challenge nr. 7 through earlier but due to busy schedules it came a little later then promised! Bu...
Lovely and moist carrot cake I’ll let you in on a little secret; up till not so very long ago I always thought that carrot cake wasn’t real. That it didn’t really exist other then i...
Our shiny new kitchen! It took a while and there have been times when we were less then happy with our dust covered house but now finally I can tell you that the kitchen is finished. Phew… You ...
A meaty challenge! Photo by Ben Dearnley I realized that after having done 7 Donna Hay challenges; we’ve done vegetarian, we’ve done sweets and we’ve done sandwiches but what we hav...
Starting to look like a real kitchen again! If you also follow me on facebook then you’ve probably already seen some photos of the kitchen in progress. It’s been a pretty dusty last two w...
We didn’t really plan it this way but this guestpost from Rosa from Rosa’s Yummy Yums could not have come at a better time. We’re wrapped up in our kitchen renovations and the last...
Seasons I’m sure it will come as no surprise that I’m a huge Donna Hay fan. I’ve been an admirer of her books and her magazine for longer then I can remember. In fact, now that I th...
Drawings of the new kitchen I never knew we had so much junk…. Pfft, ok, you probably were wondering where on earth I went to but if you follow me on facebook you probably know by now that we a...
Cauliflower fennel gratin When you talk to people about fennel, they are either in the pro or con camp. There doesn’t seem to be some sort of middle way when it comes to fennel. Granted the fla...
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