Tomatoes. I bet you that none of us can’t resist the smell and the taste of home-grown tomatoes; you know, the ones that have ripened in the sun during the summer. (those tasteless perfectly shaped red balls that can be found in the stores throughout the whole year are not my business really) And honestly, […]
With the most dishes that we prepare on a weekly or monthly basis throughout the year, there is sometimes a misconception that such dishes are so simple that you don’t even need to have the recipe for them and that anyone can make them. Personally, I wouldn’t agree with that and mashed potatoes are a […]
My search for delicious, homemade oatmeal cookies lasted for quite a long time: I often experimented with different ingredients: dried fruit, nuts, butter, and oil, with and without chocolate, experimenting with different types of flour, adding grated apples… I have a feeling that I’ve tried almost all the recipes for oatmeal cookies the internet can […]
Story no 1 A few years ago, at the local book fair, I bought an interesting cookbook from Spanish chef Ferran Adrià, by the name: “The Family Meal: Home Cooking with Ferran Adrià“. I liked it because of the interesting concept. Step by step, it describes rather simple dishes eaten daily by the award-winning El […]
Why Do Donuts Have Holes in The Center? As a real food geek, I’m always curious to find out little-known facts about food. Like, who the hell is the first person in history who came up with the idea of throwing a piece of leavened sweet dough in the hot oil. Although food history rarely […]
If I had to choose only one spice mix that I will use in almost all my favorite fall desserts, it would be my homemade pumpkin pie spice mixture. It’s a beautiful addition, not only to your pumpkin muffins, pumpkin pancakes, or pumpkin cheesecake but to many more sweet and savory dishes you will make […]
The idea for quick chia seed jam has been sitting in my bookmarks section for a while. It seems that the chia seeds on my shelf were actually patiently waiting for fresh berries season because I’ve managed to make two phenomenal chia seed jam combinations that are so good that you won’t believe how they […]
