Lately, I am craving for my bed, a lot of sleep and soup! Chicken soup, leek and curry soup, fennel soup, celeriac and spinach soup… I just can’t get enough!
Not surprising you would say, with all those microbes and viruses running around lately: I am surrounded by running noses, low hoarse voices and feverish eyes… My dutchie [...]
Today, just back from work, I settled comfortably in front of my computer with a steaming expresso ready to get blogging when the doorbell started singing… Not expecting anyone. Probably my big friend the doorbell ghost again, I thought (damn interferences!). But we never know, so I got up and went to the door…
Surprisingly, [...]
While my dutchie is a cycling freak and could spend hours looking and shopping for fancy expensive cycling gear, I, as a lazy gourmande, have something for fancy kitchen equipment… six pit stoves, professional gas-ovens, or just the kitchen aid department at my favourite cook shop make my eyes shine with envy. [...]
Last week, I was almost finished with the 3rd opus of my raw fish special… I was talking about raw fish of course, but I also allowed myself in alyric prose about my addiction to the covered market “Les Halles” in my home town and all its marvels. I was about to press the “post [...]
As promised in my previous post, here is my second of this summer “raw fish” special coming right out of the kitchen…
Fresh cod fish in passion fruit marinade
2 pers. prep: 10 min
Ingredients:
300g fresh cod fish filet
1/2 lemon
1 Tsp. olive oil [...]
Have you ever had the impression of working in a sauna or should I say in hell? Well, today I did… we have no airco at work and the sunscreen of my office just broke down: the thermometer often exceded the 31 C inside today! All that to say, that when I came home, I [...]
As promised: a translation of my contribution to Blog appetit (I have tried without much success to make it a bit more concise than the french version, because frankly… I talk too much!)
As I acknowledged to my french readers, I have a secret: the “blog appetit” contest is at the origin of [...]
As promised: a translation of my contribution to Blog appetit (I have tried without much success to make it a bit more concise than the french version, because frankly… I talk too much!)
As I acknowledged to my french readers, I have a secret: the “blog appetit” contest is at the origin of [...]
Blog appétit ou l’histoire d’une droguée de la blogosphère culinaire
Today is “Blog appétit“, a french food blog contest. For once I will post in french but I promise a translation will soon follow… In the mean time, this will be a good exercise for my dutch friends before their next holiday in [...]
Welcome in my new kitchen,
Hope you'll like it!Bon appetit!
La gourmande.
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