Coming up with interesting salad ideas in winter is challenging. There are only a small amount of seasonal lettuces available and that can become difficult to come up with something new. So I don’t get stuck in that rut, I like to mix things up and add grains or pulses to my salad repertoire. Lentils […]
Winter
Jerusalem Artichoke Soup
Once a forgotten food, these tubers are slowly making their way back to the table. My husband isn’t too fond of them, but I enjoy them for their subtle artichoke taste. My masseuse has them in her garden and she says the grow like weeds. Once you have them, you have them forever. Since I’m […]
End of Winter Salad
After lots and lots of root vegetables, by the end of winter I’m hungry for fresher things. We didn’t really have a winter as such. It was far too mild and it hardly snowed. We went off in the search of snow twice, found some, too, but it could have been more. Still, potatoes, squash, […]
A Winter Trip to Rome
In February I spent 5 days in the “Eternal City” walking around and gazing at objects I had only read about or seen pictures of. When my mother suggested a trip to Rome, I jumped at the chance. When I was in school and university, I studies Renaissance art and wrote papers about Michelangelo and […]
Walnut-Rosemary Bread
Making bread isn’t as hard as you may think. This basic recipe is jazzed up with walnuts and rosemary. I’ve always loved making my own bread and when a few years ago there was a huge hype about the book “The New Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day” by J. Hertzberg and Z. François, […]
Browsing through Stuttgart
Not too long ago I took the train up to Stuttgart to visit my sister. We had originally planned to visit Handmade Soul, but at the last minute decided against it. Instead, we walked around Stuttgart and went shopping. The very first time I went to Stuttgart was in 10th grade. It was at the […]