I have a slight obsession with Turkish grocers. I keep reading articles raving about Danish food culture, the NOMA effect and so on but I’m not sure I have seen the effects of it as much here in Aarhus. Every single article mentions how you can now buy foraged herbs in Danish supermarkets. I’m not […]
This is my first cake in quite some time, as Christmas finally provided me with both an electric mixer and a cake tin, formerly lacking in my Danish kitchen collection. I also received Jerusalem, Ottolenghi’s new cookbook as part of my Christmas bounty and with it came the inspiration to decamp to Aarhus’s friendly neighbourhood […]
Brother Hubbard, on Dublin’s revived Capel Street is a welcome addition to Dublin’s growing restaurant and café scene. I had heard about it on the grapevine long before I returned to Dublin from London, and was desperate to try it after every review in sight name-dropped Chef du Jour Yottam Ottolenghi as a key influence. […]
This is just a simple, incredibly rich and moist chocolate cake from Ottolenghi: The Cookbook . It is very easy to make, and it is big on impact ( a little goes a long way). It is also coeliac friendly, as it is completely gluten free. The trick is in the two layers of the […]
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I have a sweet tooth and I'm not afraid to use it
fitting real food into real life
food and travel; cookery book reviews; restaurant reviews and recipes
n. frugality; the quality of being economical with money or food.
A compilation of current reporting and archived published work of journalist Nate Thayer
Ramblings on local food and food culture.
Passionate about all things food
.......and smothered in yum!
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because life is too short to be eating bad food
A great many things can be resolved with kindness, even more with laughter, but there are some things that just require cake.
"Mangia e statti zitto!"
Sharing my journey with love and joy.
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