Archive for February, 2007


No Knead Bread: Once more with Feeling!



I do not think I have any new information to add to the ‘no knead bread craze’ that’s spreading faster then a virus, be it real or virtual. But yes, I had to try it too and I had to show you the result of my first effort. And I can only concur with the [...]



Feel Fresh as a Salad



I have been noticing lots of bright salad ideas on the web lately. I think everybody, on the northern hemisphere at least, is longing for the light green freshness of early spring. With my camellia already in bloom (which is something to worry rather than be cheerful about to be honest) I think spring will [...]



Tony & the Slave-free Chocolate Factory



‘Chocolate is something you eat for pleasure, until you discover the appalling things that happen on cocoa plantations. In the production of cocoa beans even children are being exploited. Slavery still exists. Dutch journalist and documentarian Tony van de Keuken met with former child slaves from Burkina Faso who worked without wages and under atrocious [...]



Advocating Avocado



I can’t remember ever eating avocado as a child. I don’t even know if they were available then. But in more recent years this pear shaped ‘berry’ has taken my liking more and more. I notice myself trying to sneak in avocado with all kinds of dishes. And as I learned more about the nutritional [...]



A Taste of Holland


I have updates my ‘A Taste of Holland’ pages with some ‘must visit’ culinary addresses in The Netherlands, including bread, chocolate, coffee, cakes & bakes, tea, organic fare, kitchen equipment, sweets and so on…
So check them out and take them with you when visiting our little country!
More culinary delight to come in the near [...]



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