musings of a traveller and food lover

Grilled Halibut

Today my husband cooked some halibut and I am going to share to you his recipe in which is very easy to follow and difficult not to forget. As the taste of the marinate is just so wonderful. ...

Post Card from Marigot, St Maarten

When ever M travels for work without me, he always stock up postcards in hope he has time to write and buy stamps. But with a hectic schedule it rarely happens, so I always beg him to carry ...

The Resurrection Table

KALO PASCHA CHRONIA POLLA… GREEK EASTER Fasting is over. Last Thursday, the Orthodox Maundy Thursday, the preparation for the Easter celebration begun when the women started baking ...

Chilled Carrot Soup

Something orange? We had this soup today and I read The Pilgrim’s Pots & Pans Escabeche. Orange? And yesterday, we (M & I again) cooked some noodles, I love sotanghon very much ...

Oia, Santorini, Greece

Oia.. Santorini’s north tip settlement, high on a cliff top. One of the most picturesque Greek Island Thira (Santorini) I love the Greek Islands and one of them is Santorini.I love ...

An invitation for tea… just in UK!

My friend Bea whom I share my love of animals, plants and… COOKING sent me a text today.They live in Bricket Wood, Herts and when they moved we were worried about Ginger and ...

Risotto with Asparagus

Risotto is one of our favourite comfort food and asparagus is now in season.We (team work between M and I) we were hungry and tired but still wanted to eat hot yummy cooked food we had ...

A COOK’S PRIDE

In one of the Sasak village we have visited in Lombok Indonesia, the kitchen is outdoor almost ground level, houses are mostly one bedroom shack, but the owner is certainly a proud cook.

Ravioli with Mushroom and Ham

Such hectic schedule, M and I either buy a sandwich for lunch or eat out. But today on our lunch break we went to the supermarket. For the first time didn’t translate the value of the ...

Beans

Saw some beans today at the Vietnamese store and with hectic schedule we are happy to have simple food yet healthy. I told M I cook today but it must be something quick and simple. Beans ...

Adventurous Eating

Lamb’s Head – Fresh & Local 1 euro a piece. Yes the Greeks eat them. Either on the spit or the soup mageritsa the Greeks love lamb’s head. It is boiled and the brain is ...

The Departure

These three posts are very much of late entry. These are the series of the our trip when we left UK for Norway. One of our crossing, our lovely meal and the land trip to Oslo.