musings of a traveller and food lover

FOOD

Torta Caprese

Isola di Capri Last week my husband was in his day dreaming mode of Italy and not just Italy but Capri.Well he started saying, you know Sha that restaurant in Capri and they serve a great ...

Apple Turon

When we first move to Greece in 1984, there were hardly any Asian shops. There is a supermarket in Psyhico where most of the diplomats live and there AB supermarket has a small selection of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Real Fast Food: Chicken Tarragon

Nico usually lacks confidence in cooking for Markus, Sha and Jo. (we are all better at cooking than him J) So when he volunteers to cook for us, we humour him and so far he has never failed ...

SPAGHETTI AGLIO, OLIO E PEPERONCINO

Garlic man, Athens Central Market.I have been planning to cook roasted vegetarian lasagne, spinach lasagne the best for this. I have to empty my fridge before I leave this Tuesday. I also ...

When my mother discovered the book PATISSERIE

My god child Paola has been ill for a week has always loved my brownies. So baked some yesterday and went to visit her. My mother has discovered this recipe 20 years ago. Since then my ...

CRISP BROWNIES

About 20 brownies, you can double the recipe 20 pieces is not enough! But don’t cut them into cubes so you can keep the moisture.125g flour1/2tsp baking powder60g semi sweet chocolate75g ...