I simply could not live without Indian food - I cook it at least once a week. I grew up in (Northern) Germany when and where Indian food and spices were[...]

I've always been obsessed with Mexican food - mainly because, until recently, I've never had "the real thing": in my years in the UK there were only horrid[...]

... and Szechuan pepper salad For yesterday's dinner I made one of my all-time favourite easy and quick meals which I've been dishing up for years - and which[...]

Living in a multi-cultural neighbourhood means we're absolutely spoilt for choice when it comes to shopping for fresh produce: there are two fantastic Turkish[...]

I really love catering for parties - with a steady, never-ending stream of tempting nibbles (both savoury and sweet) being carried out of the kitchen until the[...]

I'm just about to finish a week-long bake/cook-off marathon - which included four birthday cakes for my daughter (carrot and chocolate cakes of course - but[...]

My favourite dish of all of last year is, admittedly, not something you can just pick up at your local Tesco Metro/Delhaize City, but "bear with" as it is the[...]

Now that The Big Chill has finally arrived in Brussels I just HAD to make one of my favourite winter warming stews which has been on the menu for over a decade[...]

I adore red meat, especially beef - I couldn't live without it. We eat it at least once a week, but buying "proper" beef in Brussels (dark red, juicy and[...]

When faced with the (regular) sad sight of the last few brown-black bananas in the end-of-week fruit bowl, I, the canny cook(er), despair not - but rejoice[...]

I am a more-than-committed carnivore, but above all I adore the "off-cuts" of animals from nose to tail: pig's ears, sweetbreads, beef tongue, veal[...]

Today was the birthday of my daughter's teacher and, as Mme S is a complete chocoholic, I was keen to try out a new chocolate cake recipe: I was looking for[...]

I've been writing my blog for seven months now but I haven't given you a SINGLE pasta recipe so far - which is simply scandalous as at least one is on the menu[...]

I absolutely love pickles and chutneys yet - apart from my wonderful tomato-chili jam - I've never made any myself. But last week I visited my friend Sue (the[...]

At least twice a year I feel (or rather see) the need to clear out my "baking drawer" - usually when it's so full of small bags, packets and pots containing[...]