This week I wrote many blog posts but published only one. I have written a lot in my mind but not here. Does this happen to you as well? It's when you have a stream of consciousness, a flow of thoughts that emerge wild and untamed, beyond your control and above all free from any …
Chipotle Mexican Risotto
I have recently told you about a new trend spreading very fast here in London: fusion food, a cuisine that mixes up elements of two or more different culinary cultures to create something original. Unless you find yourself mixing ingredients in the name of novelty rather than taste, it's all good. And above all it is …
Affogato al Caffe (The wonders of Ice-Cream+Coffee)
The coffee I am drinking right now tastes like hot burnt water (if one could burn the water). It's a standard week day afternoon, I'm writing about silicon nanoclusters (what a lethargic activity, yaaaawn..) while thinking it wouldn't be that bad to hole up for a couple of months and wake up with a summer …
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Dark Tarte Tatin
Today's recipe is beautifully dark. As dark as the caramel I made by heating dark molasses and coconut palm sugar in water. I don't suffer from emotional eating. It's rather the other way around, some dishes make me emotional. Take this simple French apple pie, for example: it served the high purpose to make my …
Caramelized Carrot and Fennel Soba Stir Fry
I might have written this already, Soba are just noodles, but on a different level. First of all they are made from buckwheat, secondly, they are tricky to manage. Plenty of water to rinse off all the starch they come with, this is what we need to tame a bunch of Soba noodles. Although I …
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Scandi Rice Pudding with Blueberry Sauce
Before the World War II, rice in Denmark was a very expensive and imported ingredient and normal people could not imagine to have a completely rice-based meal. After the war, rice, like every kind of ingredient by now, became accessible thanks to the swiftly increase in the importation traffic. Now this rice porridge, called Risengrød in Denmark, is served …