As a continuation of the Primary Dashi recipe I posted last week this post will be a very short one. As a quick reminder, dashi…
Ramsons, wild garlic, buckrams, bear’s garlic, bear paw garlic… (Allium Ursinum) is a wild, wide-leaved plant with a very distinct garlic scent and apparently a…
Even though the Spring is indeniably there, I still have to wait a bit for the local asparagus and try out Clarkie’s Asparagus and…
Raw, cooked or fried, the celeriac was high on my “hated vegetables” list since I was a child. When I started to cook, the only…
At first glance, putting down a salad dressing recipe may seem ridiculous. However, whenever I observe people preparing it, everyone uses different proportions and/or ingredients.…
Some pretend pesto (pronounced “pestu” in its home Liguria dialect), dates back as far as the ancient Rome. “Pesto genovese” (Genova is the capital of…
Ravioli, empanadas, gyoza, mandu… Dumplings – or pastry packages with various fillings – appear in most of the traditional cookery books in the world. Pierogi…
These clumsy, innocent-looking biscuits have long been the biggest culinary nightmare of my life. In short, every single attempt to reproduce these Hungarian delights called…
I would like to wish a Very Happy New Year to everyone who happens to read this post. I sincerely hope all your dreams come…
This recipe is to be tasted in about… a year. I found it while leafing through “Home made wines, nalewki and meads” by Elzbieta and…