Moroccan-inspired Lamb Stew
Can you feel it? Well, my northern-hemisphere friends - I certainly can. The weather is a-changing. Those long, bright, warm summer days are drawing in and it's actually sometimes even - gasp - chilly...
View ArticleRaggmunkar – a Swedish guest post from “The Wife”
Hi folks, today I'm slacking off and generally being very lazy. Fear not though - I've asked my dear wife to step in and fill in for me though with a well-loved Swedish dish! Different nationalities...
View ArticleAïeeeeeeee, it’s Aïoli
This is the story of how I abandoned my mantra of "Why make things more complicated than they need to be?". I was a firm believer in this, and would often employ as many shortcuts as I could to get to...
View ArticlePort Jelly to be jelly of!
So I guess one can definitely say now that summer has gone. It's absolutely pouring down with rain outside, and has been all day. I quite enjoy rain, so it's not the end of the world in my opinion...
View ArticleRaw Courgette and Carrot Salad with Miso Dressing
À propos nothing at all, I recently noticed that I've passed 300 published posts, so "yay me" I guess. Had I been more prepared I might have done a little something to mark the occasion and perhaps...
View ArticleWhole Roasted Trout with Turmeric and Piri Piri
My earliest memory of piri piri was of a jar of the things my mother had in her kitchen. For some reason completely unknown to me she had a huge quantity of dried bird's eye chillies - I think perhaps...
View Article“Bircheresque” Potatoes
I wanted to call these Bircher Potatoes, I really did. It's something my mother always used to make, in this exact fashion, but upon doing a bit of research it would appear that "Bircher Potatoes" are...
View ArticleScottish Oatcakes
Oatcakes is something I posted a long time ago, back when my blog was less than six months old, and while I would normally edit the original post I feel that these really deserve a bit of attention....
View ArticleKokoskakor
Oh boy, what a time! You'd think that quitting my job would suddenly give me an extra nine hours in the day. Well, you'd be wrong! In between the preparations for moving and decorating the apartment...
View ArticleWienerstänger
So, ehm, I'm not really sure of the best translation for these in English. Basically, the word "Wienerbröd" in Swedish means "Danish pastry", and "stänger" is the plural of the word "stång", which...
View ArticleCroque Monsieur – now with fewer chin burns
You'd think that for something as ubiquitous as a croque monsieur in France you wouldn't be hard-pressed to find a good one, right? Well, you'd be wrong - at least in my experience. After eight years...
View ArticleHavreflarn
Greetings from cold Sweden! It just wouldn't be right if my first ever recipe post from my new country wasn't something Swedish, so I present to you a (yet another) Swedish baked good. This time it's...
View ArticleMuddus Cake
So what do you do when you've promised someone a Black Forest cake but can't seem to find sour cherries anywhere? I knew I would eventually encounter things which weren't widely available up here in...
View ArticleNormandy Pear Pie – or is it?
So, much like my kind-of-sort-of-not-really-Bircher Potatoes, here's another dish from the annals of my childhood which I've forever known as "Normandy Pear Pie". As is often the case for dishes that...
View ArticleBachkoutou
Hi folks! First of all, a shameless plug. A couple of people mentioned to me that they wouldn't be averse to the idea of buying a print of some of the photos I took on my road-trip from France to...
View ArticleLate to the party: Kale Chips
Yes, I am horribly late to the party, and I realise that these have been done a million ways before, up, down, and sideways, but I have a good excuse! I never once saw kale when I was living in...
View ArticleAnisgrisar (Anise Pigs)
Just in time for Christmas, here's a Swedish festive special for you all. "Anisbröd", or Anise Bread, which is sometimes called Anisgrisar (Anise Pigs). I have absolutely no idea why they are called...
View ArticleGoing nuts: Nut Roast redux
Hi folks, I hope you all had a smashing Christmas. The new year is right around the corner… 2013 has been a year full of big changes, I’m looking forward to seeing what 2014 brings. I’m starting off...
View ArticleFalafel – Crispy, Fluffy… Delicious!
I can safely say that these are the best falafel I've ever made, but then I've only ever made them twice and the first time I tried my beautifully crafted falafel disintegrated as soon as they hit the...
View ArticleCranking out some Carrot Bread
My mind was full of ideas of things I wanted to make and post this weekend. The only problem is, when you're in classes every day, you literally have a window of a weekend for cooking. Add into this...
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