Sunchoke aka Topinambour, and Halloumi Salad

Last weekend while shopping for whatever-vegetables-look-best, I realized to my utter delight that sunchoke season has arrived in Finland – and promptly purchased a bag.  Sunchokes (aka topinambours, Jerusalem artichokes, jordärtskocka in Swedish or maa-artisokka in Finnish) are one of my favorite-ever vegetables, for reasons more than their – remarkable and awesome as they are! – culinary qualities.  Not only are they utterly delicious, both … Continue reading Sunchoke aka Topinambour, and Halloumi Salad

Things Food Bloggers Eat – 2: A Vaguely-Japanese Fried Rice

Yesterday’s post began a series which has been in the works – or at least in my head – for a long time, but hadn’t been realised until now: a series of pictures of random things T and I eat when the story of lunch goes something like this:  wake up with a headache, mop around slurping coffee a while, realize it’s 13:30 and there … Continue reading Things Food Bloggers Eat – 2: A Vaguely-Japanese Fried Rice

Things Food Bloggers Eat – 1: A Soup of Peas and Greens

I am feeling decidedly under the weather.  The weather in question is lead-grey and heavy and presses on my head like a concrete block is resembles.  I have the creeping suspicion I’ve caught a cold.  It is the sort of exhaustion that makes one uninterested in cooking or moving in general, but leaves one still interested in eating.  Or perhaps it’s just me, it takes … Continue reading Things Food Bloggers Eat – 1: A Soup of Peas and Greens