Local eggplants are still around and beautiful. At my farmers’ market they sell them in different sizes and shades of purple. When I think of eggplant, I immediately think of one of my favorite dishes: Melanzane alla Parmigiana, Eggplant Parmesan. Unfortunately, this traditional vegetarian oven dish isn’t ready in a flash, that’s why I often […] Read more…
Hot lunches and easy dinners, that’s how we like it in Berlin (at school and in the many restaurants in my neighborhood). That’s where quiches come in. This time we made one with broccoli and a lovely German cow’s milk cheese: Allgäuer. It tastes a little like Emmentaler and is made in the South of […] Read more…
Sometimes – which actually is quite often, now that school has started – there is ‘dinner rush’ in my house. On those days I can always rely on a frittata. Most of the time I have eggs at hand and I add whatever sits in my fridge. This time I used a zucchini, red pepper, […] Read more…
Some of our Kitchen Table Friends we have known for years, others we just met. Barbara Bonisolli, has been a food photographer for more than 20 years, she did the photography for many cookbooks and has her own television show about her edible garden. She lives with her family in the countryside, just outside of […] Read more…