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Five days to go until the Dubai marathon. I ran my last training run today, 12k at marathon pace. It felt good. I know from experience that I find it harder to getRead More

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I am taking the year 2012 in a storm. It started with a cover photo and a double page spread about my blog and recipes. Now I am working as a assistant photographer/foodRead More

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I am a sucker for quick and simple recipes. As much as I love cooking, I don’t want to spend hours chopping, mincing, sifting, whisking or stirring my food. All cookbooks with recipesRead More

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Although many of my recent recipes are gluten-free, neither I nor any family members are actually allergic to gluten. It is rather the case that I decided for myself to eat gluten-free asRead More

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After compiling my favorites, I thought I’d check which recipes you liked the most in 2011. I put the recipes with the most comments into this TOP 10. And hey, I bust you!Read More

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Wishing you all a very happy New Year. May all your wishes and dreams come true. I usually don’t give much attention to New Year’s Eve and New Year. To me, life goesRead More

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Christmas is just over and she is pestering us with yet another truffle recipe. Of which we have seen about 187 versions in the last two weeks. Wasn’t her blog to be aboutRead More

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A couple of weeks ago, I was a stressing out that Christmas was so close, and nothing had been prepared. Now, with just three days ago, I can assure you that it tookRead More

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I feel slightly hesitant to post this recipe as a recipe, because it’s so simple: brown rice with pesto, arugula leaves and a sprinkle of crumbled feta and toasted seeds. It’s my currentRead More

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Recently, I’ve been thinking about the purpose of my blog a lot. It was triggered by a post of my dear friend Edwina of My Mezzaluna; a post about the genuineness of aRead More

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How many days until Christmas? Little more than two weeks? Oh dear….. Time is just rushing by. I haven’t had time yet to try new Christmas cookies. Instead I am baking my oldRead More

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I admit I am still at a loss with most spices. Now that I live in the Middle East, close to India, the spice shelves are packed with spices I am not evenRead More

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I thought, only Germans could bake cakes with four (or more) eggs in it. My German Cheesecake is the only cake so far on this blog that uses  FOUR eggs. Whenever I sawRead More

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My recent cravings for salty and savory foods, due to my intensive marathon training,  have brought me back to seaweed. These days, I can have seaweed as early as breakfast time. As longRead More

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I have been brought up on sweet breakfasts: cereals, breads with honey or jam, etc. A boiled egg was probably the most savory thing I could have before noon. Fried meat or eggsRead More

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It’s only another month until Christmas, have you noticed? It always comes as a surprise to me. Christmas suddenly just stands in front of the door. The main reason for the surprise factorRead More

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I am halfway through my second week of marathon training. I just completed my 26k long slow run last night. It went good. Surely, I have tired legs today, but all is withinRead More

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First things first: the Parmesan in this recipe is not real Parmesan. it doesn’t even have the smallest crumb of Parmesan on the ingredients list. It gets even better: it’s vegan. And it’sRead More