I’ve bragged enough about it: it seems that my stomach is lined with concrete.
Ok, i’d still have to get through the snack streets in Beijing and try those scorpios and other silk worms [photo courtesy of my dutchie] before i can tell for sure…
You get the picture: when it comes to food, it seems that if i dare eat it, I can take it!
I have always been overly proud about that, a bit condescending to the delicate stomachs among my friends even.
I didn’t grasp how lucky I was until short…
You see, Mommy [and daddy] can have it all, but petit Tom cannot.. yet.. Continue reading »
For a blink, Petit Tom and I teleported ourselves in the middle of Moroccan Spring and It felt like heaven after all those long dark winter days inside…
What a joy to watch Petit Tom avidely laying out his eyes on the breaking waves of the Atlantic ocean for the 1st time,…
Or just to sit side by side, laughing anf babbling, on the terasse in the afternoon shade,…
Before finally pigging out on super fresh fish and all these delicious spring veggies and fruit that we will still have to long for a while back in NL: the first strawberries, tiny zucchini, tender green peas and mini artichokes…
Until I blink again, here’s a taste of my Moroccan spring with this delicious spring tajine with veal, green peas and baby artichokes that I’ve been saving you since last spring… (and the delicious pea shell soup you can cook with all the pod shells you will end up with afterwards)
Walk up this morning with the melody of ‘love is in the air’ stuck into my head.
Petit Tom is laughing out loud while we are dancing and turning around the sunny garden at a crazy pace….
Spring is in the air, la la la lalala laaaa…
I’m feeling like putting the sun on my plate today….
Yep, there’s no doubt: spring is only a couple of steps away and it feels so good.
An odd combi you might think. Anna wouldn’t.
She’d just wipe up some orange macarons and letterpress a cute card to go with it.
Anna is an ‘a la julia child’ food lover , a talented graphic designer and a charming entrepreneur who is going to revolution the letterpress market in NL. Continue reading »
Februari already… I can’t even remember how long it’s been since i started this post. It was ages ago.
It’s been kind of busy lately.
Exhausting too at times.
A bit scary even.
Yet, i’ve never been so happy for all the new things in my life:
The new house, the new blog (yep this is finally it: www.mykitchendiaries.net! i hope you like it. ) and most of all…
Hurray, I’ve been swimming into the sea at last! Can you believe it’s the first time this year (and I’m just back from summer holiday).
‘Easy-peasy’ dinner tonight… a big plate of pasta and fresh greens, freshly grated parmegianno, al fresco of course!
… and cherries, and raspberries, and everything red and not red as long as it’s ripe, juicy summer fruit.
But who doesn’t? There is actually something else I want to share with you today, something I’ve been hiding from you for too long, something very personal and magical I’d like to share with you…
It’s been a while since I’ve been willing to share with you my crush for the epicurean city.
Maastricht, with its eternal ‘Joie de vivre’ and its oozing Gourmandise will always have a special place in my heart… It’s a city of passion, and incidentally, the place where I met my dutchie for the first time.
Since, every single time, I fall in love with Maastricht…
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