Thanks to my dear blogging friend MJ and one of her numerous extremely tempting posts praising green chilli (or rather “chile” as they say in New Mexico), I finally embarked…
August is the only time in the whole year where I am lucky to find shiso at my farmers’ market and I always find myself with…
I did have salt-pickled aubergine in Japan several times, but I have never prepared it and, most of all, I have never suspected that salting it for ten minutes…
Although most summer vegetables will still be there at least until the end of September, the beginning of August is I think the best moment to…
As you might have noticed, I am regularly drying fruits and vegetables. Thus, not only do I save slightly withered produce from the bin, but above all I…
I know what you think. I also almost never think of hot soups during the summer, but this tone is very special. First of all,…
Browsing through Katerina’s inspiring Culinary Flavors and looking for meat meal ideas, I saw these gorgeous souvlaki. I thought they would be my next meal, but then I noticed the…
The weather during my first two September trips to Japan was surprisingly hot and the humidity level unusually high, especially for a European. I soon discovered the best…
I must have seen this dish dozens or maybe hundreds of times in the past years but never tried making it. I haven’t had any…
On Sunday, a week ago, I felt an urgent need to preserve something and since it was too early to pickle my staple yearly batch of peppers,…