It’s November in Stockholm. The leaves are carpeting the ground, the temperatures have plummeted to near-zero overnight, and at 3pm, the sun is on its way to the horizon. It’s dark. When it’s dark and gloomy, what do you do? Well, I don’t know what you do, but I make comfort food. And since I do want to fit into my evening and cocktail dresses, … Continue reading Luscious Crab And Artichoke Bake
I dislike the name “Jerusalem artichoke”. I don’t dislike the so-named vegetable at all, but the name irks me. No, not enough to say that I hate it with a passion, but it does bother me in several discrete ways – from the botanical (the plant is in no way related to artichokes – or no more so than it is related to all other … Continue reading Jerusalem Artichoke Soup (neither artichoke, nor from Jerusalem)
Although March is here, and it is technically (or at least according to the theoretical calendar) a spring month, the snow outside remains untouched by melt (or not enough to matter, and it all froze up last night again anyway!), and so my mood for warm winter food continues – in the next instance with an utterly fantastic American-Italian dish of somewhat murky origins: Artichoke … Continue reading For Hangovers And Otherwise – Baked Artichoke Dip
Eat The Roses 