I am not that great at baking. I mean it. While I can say that I am a better-than-middling cook, baking is not my strong side, and never has been. That’s not to say that I cannot bake to save my life (I can, and even when I don’t need to save my life, too), but more that I doubt I will achieve any stellar … Continue reading Squiggly Herb And Lemon-Peel Bread
People eat with more than just their mouth, and to fill more than just their stomach. Or, if they do not, I would ask myself why do they not, for it is for a reason that the words “to feast one’s eyes” are a common idiom even today. There is a reason why opulent cooking shows are far more popular today than can be accounted … Continue reading Food Is Beautiful
It’s great to be back in Sweden! The snow is deep (and white and cold!), the daylight is not yet 7 hours a day this time of year (here in Stockholm, not up North where they don’t have any), and the supermarkets are still a culinary nirvana. Even the tiny ones. Why? I don’t know, really, but my educated guess is because Swedes like to … Continue reading Oh Salmon, How I Worship Thee
There is a fruit and vegetable stall that is erected daily at Williamson Square in Liverpool City Centre around 8 in the morning. It’s just about put up when I walk by it on the way to work, and likely operating throughout the day, but by the time I walk home after 17:30, it is already gone. I tend to buy apples there during the … Continue reading The Grapes of Trust
Eat The Roses 