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Pickled Turnips, Turkish Style
Perhaps one of the most beautiful preserves, these turnips are a pickled showstopper! I saw them on our trip to Edgware Road, where you can buy them ready-made in many of the little Middle Eastern...
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Simple Sea Bass Ceviche
The first time I ate raw seafood was when I was around 8 or 9: sitting on a rock off the Greek coast, my new-found friends showed me how to pick sea-urchins, pull them of the ground, knock them against...
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Gravad Lax
When I was making ceviche the other week it clearly marked the beginning of a new phase in my life: the raw fish period, as posterity will clearly call it. Fresh fish has such a wonderful texture that...
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Pumpkin Soup – Convenient Food, My Way
Apparently the most important market for the food industry is so-called convenience food. People want to come home to a home-made dinner, but without the inconvenience of having to cook it. However,...
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Flammekueche, or Tarte Flambée
This is my idea of an Autumn feast: almost paper-thin bread dough, spread out and loosely topped with sour cream, onions and pancetta. Perfect with a glass of wine or even Federweißer, the...
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Sauerkraut – Pickling for Beginners
OK, the run-up to Christmas might not be the right time for such a healthy pursuit, but, seriously, there is never a better time for pickling cabbage! It’s right on trend, vegetarian, vegan even, as...
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Sauerbraten Roast with Gingerbread Gravy: Christmas Dinner in a Pot.
If, like me, the thought of turkey for days on end makes you shudder (“turkey curry, anyone?” – “Why, is it New Years Eve already?”), then I would suggest you take a look at this classic pot roast from...
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Beetroot and Goat’s Cheese Tarte Flambée
January is the darkest month in Western Europe: unlike December, where we were all looking forward to Christmas, lighting up every available candle – all that enthusiasm has since made space for the...
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Wild Garlic Frittata
When you walk in a forest in Europe at this time of the year, chances are you come across wild garlic: this ground-covering relative of chives thrives in the damp and partly shaded conditions of...
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Caribbean-inspired Coleslaw for the All-New, All-Healthy Me
In many ways, Lent is the old-fashioned Christmas hangover cure: after all the indulgences of carnival and Mardi Gras, you’re ready for a massive detox. It’s like Dry January but in March, lasting (in...
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