This pie can just as easily be made with walnuts of course. It’s a classic with a twist, because instead of making a butter cream, you use mascarpone. It’s a quick option and the taste is great, the mascarpone makes it just a tat lighter and ‘fresher’ then the butter variety. You can make the [...]

‘Just half a focaccia for me please, I’m on a diet’ This Saturday finally proved to be a good day to get some fresh flour from the mill. It is a bit of a journey for us and the last few weeks the weather was not cooperating (snow, ice, cold). The type of weather I [...]

Again a weekend full of bread flavours and smells. The best thing to be done when all you get outside is rain, rain and more rain. In fact the weather was so bad that our Dutch Santa, the famous ‘Sinterklaas’ , did not pay us a visit on his birthday yesterday. So I turned out [...]

What a joy, when a like minded food lover not only brings her enthusiastic personality but also the most fragrant and freshest cheese, figs, herbs and roses to your door! Thank you Anya of Godful Food for sharing food and thoughts with us. We could offer some raspberry chocolate tart in return (recipe by Mr. [...]

Life is too short for bad coffee. So I strive to let my crema ooze out of the espresso machine like thick amber honey (like we did in the picture). Not an easy task, but practice makes perfect. Making a good espresso is almost an art. It’s hard to get it right with every shot. [...]