Chocoholics: beware! This chocolate terrine is one of the most dangerous home desserts I know. Once you taste it, you will constantly be tempted to…
Winter – or late autumn – vegetables are scarce and can quickly become boring (especially for someone who doesn’t like pumpkin), but luckily there is…
When I try to explain, for the hundredth time, that sushi is not the daily fare of the huge majority of the Japanese and that…
“Charles would love it!” was one of my first thoughts when I tasted this new version of kimchi. First of all, I know that Charles (my…
We are in the middle of the carrot cake season. Many bloggers have already written about this cold-weather dessert and, as it often happens with…
Rendang is one of the dishes I wrote about a long time ago when I hardly had any visitors. I have been meaning to repost…
Mapo Dofu is certainly the most famous Sichuan dish, so obviously it was the first one I have bookmarked in my Sichuan Cookery by Fuchsia…
This may sound strange for some of you, but I was brought up knowing only celeriac, the humble and ugly cousin of the beautiful celery,…
Like many Europeans, I used to be convinced that quick stir-frying was the only Chinese cooking method. I still remember how surprised I was when…
Ping (Ping’s Pickings) has recently had some difficult moments and since chocolate is a well known infallible mood improver, I thought I would try to…