I’m celebrating… Warm weather and spring Best friends and rings Holidays Birthdays Wedding days…. and every living day I’m celebrating health and wealth {and no, I haven’t won the lottery yet} Blogging buddies and 50,000+ hits 107 posts and that’s not it I’m celebrating love and giving thanks With wine jelly, white chocolate and caviar ——–♥——–
Spice up your life with citrus dust
This weekend’s treasure hunt in the world of deliciousness (aka catching up with blog reading) led me to Debi’s supercool Meyer Lemon dust: no reference to sweeping lemons off the street either.
‘Cuban’ strawberries with Meringue Ice-cream
So, I want to clear up a few things before I get to the heart of the matter: I know strawberries are not in ‘season’ according to the traditional food calenders. I am also very aware that there is nothing Cuban about strawberries. Don’t believe me? Well, go ahead, type Cuban strawberries in Google and see what you get! The combination notwithstanding is AMAZING. Leading me a bit tipsy when taking these photos yesterday afternoon! If you are a purist, please wait till the summer to make this. But make it…..please. And for more on the ‘Cuban’ ingredients….read on.
Cooking with fruit: Tomatoes….
….’cause technically speaking, tommies are fruit! Anyhow, since I heard these lines a few weeks ago, I’ve been itching to share them! ‘Measure with a micrometer, Mark with chalk, Cut with an axe.’ Carl Zwanzig Ray’s Rule of Precision….works well for Passata too! In food terms this would be:
Haiti, Friendship and Tasty Tassot Cabrit
We love each other…..very much I dare say. We’ve always been there for each other too, more or less. In all this time, we’ve come to a joint conclusion, one that we reached at a Chinese restaurant many months ago. If ever there was a thing to destroy this friendship, …
Chocolate-filled Plantain Gnocchi, with chillies for Dessert
My personal challenge this year, is to recreate foods of my country, Nigeria. As I’m learning, this is a whole sea of opportunity. So when I saw Kerstin of Cake, Batter & Bowl’s dessert gnocchi with chocolate centres,…I was seriously impressed!
Paul Van Waarden restaurant, Oud-Rijswijk
Can you guess where I’ve been? Well, I haven’t gone to Barbados yet…….though I am seriously counting down! So, I haven’t been on holiday. I’ll give you some clues #1 – Twinkle, twinkle, little…… #2 – Very French, very fine dining connotations….and a ’round’ man #3 – My desire as a gourmand has been to visit one!
Feasting on Art, with Pumpkin icecream and Lemonettes
Nostalgia: A bittersweet yearning For days gone by…
Jamaican Jerk Fish, Creole sauce and….
…Rice n Peas I love Jamaica. Though I’ve never been, I’ve felt kinship with people from the Caribbean most of my life.