Things I love to eat.
Although I love sweet vegetables, I enjoy them most when they’re in savoury dishes. I’m not a fan of pumpkin pie, I will never understand the sweet potato casserole with marshmallows served at Thanksgiving, and I’ve never been moved to add beetroot to chocolate cake. I enjoy my dinner most when it’s in balance: sweetness… Continue reading Soy roasted butternut squash, green veg, rice & scallion egg
As a student, I think I ate enough store-bought pesto to last me a lifetime, and now, basil pesto can only be an occasional pasta accompaniment. A while ago we had a bunch of parsley in the fridge with nothing to do, and weren’t feeling energetic enough to go to the store. No matter what,… Continue reading Pasta with parsley & sunflower pesto & fresh tomato
Greengages are one of those fleeting fruits, barely even there before they’ve departed for another year. If you see some, my only advice is to buy them. As many as you can carry or afford. Known in France as Reine Claude, they are the most regal of the plums, elegant and subtle, honey sweet but still… Continue reading Greengage jam
We’ve had a cool August in Berlin, and I find myself thinking about recipes that have been on a summer hiatus. Stewed lentils. Mac & cheese. Braised vegetables. And of course soup. A deep bowl of hot soup and a heavily buttered slice of toast hits the spot. This soup is everything I want, the… Continue reading Leek & potato soup
We had planned to have a very simple dinner last night: burrata, peaches, olive oil, basil, fresh bread. But the wind was howling outside, the showers spritzing the balcony, and though it was far from freezing, we felt too chilly to entertain a cold supper. So I took a look in our pantry for a… Continue reading Tomato, miso & crème fraiche spaghettini