Cupboard love – you have to have it. Those days when nothing will do but something simple. Guaranteed, full-proof. We all have some of those – the sandwich that quenches all hunger, the drinks that cool all thirsts and the chicken….. that satisfies the desire for creamy, succulent, fragrant and all with something straight from...
Pesto – meaning to pound or crush. The contracted past participle of pestâ and the same Latin root as the English word pestle. This classy sauce is made in Italy, loved the world over and has as many variations as there are edible green leaves. From Pistou to sun-dried tomato pesto and others made with Parsley, Radish leaves and even with peas,...
All about | Regional Varieties | Storage | How to | Recipes All about Vanilla. Simple. Fragrant. Earthy. Fruity. Romantic…… I’m amazed. Is there anything that doesn’t have a Vanilla version? The simplest, most basic flavours: cakes, Ice-creams, yoghurts, cookies…… they all have Vanilla as standard and what a great precedent it is for the rest...
A few weeks ago, my neighbour organised a street party. It was a pleasant suprise and the turn out was great. Busy families, busy times, we rarely had time to meet or get to know one another. And so this party sorted that out. In one fell swoop. Families ordered as many pizzas as they wanted;...
I call it ‘Hobbemaplein’, after the area its in; T calls it the ‘Haagse Markt’ as though it were the only market in the Hague (which it isn’t, though it is certainly the largest one) and many others say the ‘Turkse Markt’, a tribute, I reckon to the high proportion of Turkish stall owners. Suffice...
Leiden is 12 minutes on the bus, from where I live. It is a quaint town with a thriving centre, canals, cute little bridges and windmills. Scattered around the city are a 101 wall poems, in different languages. Illustrated below…one poem in dutch. Its ‘logo’ is that of ‘2 crossing keys’ – said to be the keys to the gates of...
2010 We saw | We ate | What we brought home | All the rest We saw Rome holds a special place in my heart, which may endure forever . The city that redefined family holidays for us – no trip to MacDees or any other fast food place, not even to use the bathroom....
Introduction | Rice pockets| Herby Potatoes| Pasta Salad Introduction Leftover cooking can be fun. It is one of the areas where you can get creative. Take rice for instance. Plain old boiled rice. It has a life after its first meal. Assuming there’s some left over – it can be converted into a quick rice pudding,...
