One of my favorite breakfast recipes from our cookbook is this Vegan Bircher Muesli. It’s slightly different from another recipe for Bircher Muesli I shared on the blog before but just as good, creamy and healthy. And yes, vegan. Read more…
Flo’s Chocoloco Tart
I think my daughter Flo (14) should become a chocolatier one day. She’s already a connoisseur: she notes down her tasting experiences of chocolate in a little notebook and she is very precise when it comes to making chocolate desserts. When we lived in the US she had her own blog about chocolate (click here) […] Read more…
Les Souvenirs de Paris (map included!)
We decided to spend some time in Paris. To support the city and to breathe the air of Paris again after five years of living in the States! We walked, we ate, we walked, we ate some more, we shopped, we ate, and we fully enjoyed the city. Of course we visited some of the addresses Yvette […] Read more…
Wild Rice Salad with Tahini Dressing
Happy Healthy New Year! This is our amazing ‘Indian Salad’, made with ingredients that were available to North American Indians centuries ago. Health food long before it became trendy! I invented this recipe five years ago, when I lived in the States and my youngest daughter Flo had to bring a dish to school Read more…
Beet Blinis
We already had a practice run for Christmas. Petra brought a beautiful bottle of vodka from Berlin en Tal thought of these blinis to go with it. Of course, a perfect combination but also without the vodka these blinis are a showstopper. This recipe is also featured in this month’s issue of the Dutch culinary […] Read more…
8 coffee shops + 1 chocolate store in NYC (map included!)
Real good coffee: we can’t live without it. Third wave, made with love, pour-over coffee, coffee as light as tea, any kind. I had my favorite addresses in Berlin for my daily morning shot and will list them another time. The options for a good coffee in NYC are of course endless, so forget about Starbucks and […] Read more…
Thanksgiving: Pecan Chocolate Pie
For all our friends in the US who want to finish off Thanksgiving with an almost classic Pecan Pie (almost…this one contains chocolate), and for all our Dutch friends who might want to celebrate Thanksgiving or just feel like making a delicious pie (I could happily eat Pecan Pie 365 days of the year). Read more…
quince apple crumble with star anise
Happiness on rainy November days: a warm and comforting crumble with fruit. Now is the time to cook with quinces. You can find them at farmers’ markets and the better grocery stores. Or maybe you are, like us, lucky enough to know someone with a quince tree in his or her backyard. Read more…
Zucchini, Broccoli & Leek Soup
Soup, the ultimate comfort food. Next to this creamy mac ‘n cheese of course, and mashed potatoes. And chocolate mousse, we admit it. Anyway, the easiest way to make a silky, smooth soup like this, is to cook the vegetables and puree them with a hand blender. Simple as that! Read more…
Berlin: Juice Werkstatt
More fruit, more veg. Even when you have the feeling you eat lots and lots of them, you might be told by your doctor that you should eat even more. Ouch. Although I really love fruit and veg, some days I’m apparently not eating enough of it. The idea popped up like that: “I should […] Read more…