Our third Plate to Plate challenge is a delicious salad out of Yotam Ottolenghi’s newest cookbook “Plenty More”. Finding a recipe both of us can make on our hemispheres is part of the plate to plate challenge. Luckily, Jillian is able to get most produce throughout the year. We were both gifted Ottolenghi‘s cookbook “Plenty […]
Winter
Cross-country Skiing in Engadin
Whenever I hear “Prossima Fermeda- “, I smile. It means we are back in Graubünden. During the past few weeks, we’ve been twice to the Engadin to go cross-country skiing. It’s not a surprise that there are plenty of ski trails in the Engadin as it is home to the annual ski marathon, held this […]
Bulger Salad with Peas
Salads are often pushed into the background, to be enjoyed as a side dish or first course. But salads can be meals in their own right and a lot of the lunches I make to take with me to work are salads. These salads have to be nourishing enough to get me through the rest […]
The Mighty Kale
I started eating kale long before the hype began and for the past few years I’ve been growing it in my garden. When I read an article in the paper several days ago, I thought it may be time to blog about it. Everyone is talking about kale and how wonderful it is. Well, almost […]
Christmas Cookies
Instead of making the cookies I make every year, I decided to try different ones. I made four kinds, but by the time I was ready to start the fourth batch I decided to revert to a cookie I make every year. Some things are too good to change! In the weeks leading up to […]
Plate to Plate: Chocolate-Cherry-Almond Biscotti
This second Plate to Plate challenge features a crunchy cookie perfect for the holidays. When Jillian and I discussed what we’d like to do for our second “Plate to Plate”, we thought something sweet for the holidays would be nice. We quickly decided on the Chocolate-Cherry-Almond Biscotti I found on the Williams-Sonoma website. Jillian’s photos […]