I always forget how long it takes to pick a decent amount of wild blueberries! I went out into the woods this weekend and in about an hour I only managed to pick a few handfulls. To make the most of my precious berries…
The blackcurrant is maybe the most laid-back berry in the garden. They do not all ripen at the same time and you can easily leave them hanging for a while even when they are ripe. Birds usually do not have such an appetite for these…
This Dutch Baby with Berries is a cross between an omelette and a pancake that puffs up in the oven into a bowl with crispy edges
I always forget how long it takes to pick a decent amount of wild blueberries! I went out into the woods this weekend and in about an hour I only managed to pick a few handfulls. To make the most of my precious berries…
The blackcurrant is maybe the most laid-back berry in the garden. They do not all ripen at the same time and you can easily leave them hanging for a while even when they are ripe. Birds usually do not have such an appetite for these…
From the last rhubarb and the first berries in my garden I made a tasty berry and rhubarb soda. The recipe is very simple. You mix a good amount of chopped fruit with some sugar in water for a few days. During that time…
In my sunny south-facing garden, the red shiso or perilla is having a great time and forms big bushy shrubs. I love the fragrant foliage of this Japanese herb and use it in my cooking often. Now that the cold nights are approaching, it’s…
During a weekend in the Dutch province Zeeland they served traditional Zeeuwse boterbabbelaars / butterscotch from Zeeland with my coffee. They taste so good! These butterscotch candies are actually not very difficult to make, but you do need to practice stretching and folding the sweet sugary…
I made Tamagoyaki omelet for a spring picnic under the cherry blossom trees in the Amsterdamse Bos, a park in Amsterdam. This elegant rolled omelet is a standard dish in every Japanese lunch box and a popular topping for sushi. I made mine in a special…
