Archive for April, 2006


Indian Spices


Friends recently travelled to India and brought these indigenous spices as a gift.
In the picture you see (front to back, left to right):
Fennel seeds, coriander seeds, saffron, fenugreek, white peppercorns, cloves, mace, cumin, green peppercorns, smoked cardamom pods, dried turmeric (curcuma), two varieties of cinnamon, regular cardamom pods, nutmeg still in the shell, local [...]



Winston Knot


Winston knot
We learned to make this bread at a workshop last year with famous Dutch organic baker



Baking from the Heart


I love American books about baking pies and cookies. You get images of bake sales and lovely ladies in aprons making delicious cakes with summer berries. I don’t know if this is a movie image or maybe and hopefully reality for American people. But it’s the feeling I get when I leave through ‘Baking from [...]



Jamie’s Italy


I love Jamie Oliver and I love Italy. But when his book came out I thought: “I already have four Jamie’s and so many books with authentic Italian Food, I am going to let this one go. But then it became Christmas and I saw that play.com had a very attractive offer. Jamie’s Italy for [...]



Happy Cows


In Holland you can adopt a calf or a cow from an organic farmer to support the farm. By giving the farmer a little extra money he can, for example, let the calf stay with and drink from it’s mother for three months. One of the good things of adopting an animal is that you [...]



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