A surprising result of spending time in lock-down is that we got to know our neighbors better and I even made a great friend – Joanne! Joanne, who has such a similar way of seeing things as me, even if we are still so very different on some levels. She is totally into gardening (I
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Purslane is a fast growing, super healthy weed. It has lots of vitamins, omega acids and minerals. And on top of that it has a rich, interesting taste! During our stay in Provence, it was available at a local veggie producer’s store so I bought it without hesitating. And I loved it! Now I will
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This post could start as ‘go to Provence, rent a house with a fig tree perfectly in the middle of ripe fig season, then go look for a local, bio, forest honey and local, very mild olive oil…’, as this is exactly what we did, even if making the fig tart was not necessarily our
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I didn’t post anything in a while. Summer holidays and lots of travel. Lots of eating out and interesting dishes that I will certainly introduce into our menu. This dish is a tribute to tomatoes. To real, good tomatoes. Don’t even try it with the cheap, supermarket, tasteless beautiful red fake ones. No point. But
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This post is with dedication to Kasia, who asked for it after my recent posts of avocado with vinaigrette and pear with Parma ham. The thing is I don’t really have a fixed recipe for vinaigrette. I know there is lots (and below one more based on the average of what we use), but depending
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