musings of a traveller and food lover

FOOD

Coconut Macaroons

I have been wanting to do this for a long time but I had to wait when I needed the egg yolks. After making thosescrumptious flans I had a lot of egg whites.

Leche Flan

Sensuous… luscious.. seductive… heavenly this is how I describe these leche flans I made. For years of eating this calorific classic dessert, I finally attempted to do it.

Crispy Brownies & Pineapple Upside Down Cake

New Year’s Eve Indulgence…what shall I bake? I know the party am attending to will have kids around. I wanted to do something different. Am sure after a week of indulging ...

Kourabiedes- Greek Christmas Cookies

Ah its kourabiedes time again… those huge white mountain of shortbread christmas cookies that adorn most pastry shops and bakeries in Greece. Well, I have been challenged. On the 23rd ...

Marbled Chocolate Meringues

When I thought of the meringues when I woke up this morning, I felt like there are some Ompah Loompahs doing all the magical works in my kitchen.

Brunsli Swiss Almond Chocolate Cookie

On Marianne Haltenbach cookbook on Cooking in Switzerland, it says “In the German part of Switzerland, Christmas without Christmas cookies is something UNIMAGINABLE. By the end of November ...

Pleurotus Ostreatus & Nouveau Wine

I was horrified to wake up so late yesterday. I wanted to stay in last Friday night, watch dvd and read cookbooks. Does anyone read cookbooks? Well I do, I mean I flipped through pages and ...

Chicken Fried Rice

December a busy month but I found time to go to the weekly laiki, farmer’s market. I coud not miss it, I can go to other markets but this is the only day I find the flower stall with ...

Upside-down Pear Cake

It was the photo that attracted me before I read the recipe. Last summer when I was in Cannes, the boat has this wonderful magazine Vogue Entertaining + Travel. It was the first time I have ...

Pork Hocks & No to Plagiarism

Many times I have been asked why I do not have my travel photos on some online gallery for public viewing. Why? Its not because they are not good, the problem is they are far too good that I ...