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Summer Fruit Tart
The heat has eased off a little and I decided to do a little bit of baking to use up the summer fruits we have around, here in Berlin. My mom brought white currants home, which I often find a bit too...
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Chicken and Waffles
Maybe my first post in a new year should maybe have been some sort of healthy, detoxifying dish to balance out the recent holiday season with all it’s chocolate, cookies and big family meals. But then...
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Poffertjes
If you have come across this receipe by searching for Poffertjes, you probably know what they are. If you are one of my regular readers from England or America you might not… Let me tell you, they are...
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Blueberry and Creme Fraiche Waffles
An Austrian friend of mine recently told me how the forests where he is from in Austria are full of wild blueberries this summer. It had been raining a lot which brought them out en force – he said...
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Plum Coconut Traybake (aka Oma’s Pflaumenmus-Kokos Kuchen)
You know those plums I went on about in my last post the ‘Zwetschgen’, damson plums or Italian Prune plums (which I have since found out is another name for them)…well, here’s another receipe...
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Apple Crumble ‘Coffee’ Cake
Apologies for having been so quiet for so long! The main reason was that I was traveling in North America last month. The good thing about this is that my North American travels always inspire me to...
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Cocoa Waffles with Whipped Coconut Cream
This was originally going to be red velvet waffle receipe which I was going to post – nicely timed – on Valentine’s Day. But when I started making the waffle batter and it came to adding the red food...
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Austro-Hungarian Cherry Traybake
I was recently asked to try out and photograph a recipe from an Austro-Hungarian Cookbook for Jewish Renaissance Magazine and I thought I’d share it with you. With some of my own roots coming from a...
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Ricotta Hotcakes with Rhubarb Compote
We are currently working on a brunch feature at work. This had me going to Granger & Co, a London restaurant by Bill Granger, for a photo shoot where we had to photograph various brunch dishes,...
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Banana Cake (a la Pret A Manger)
Today is a public holiday in all the three countries I have lived in – Germany has it’s long Pentecost weekend, England another May Bank Holiday and the US are honouring their Memorial Day. Hopefully,...
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Belgian Waffles
Recently I went to Belgium for a few days, first I went to Bruges and then to Antwerp. I really liked both cities, for different reasons. Bruges is a bit like a film set, quite surreal with all it’s...
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Nectarine and Blueberry Muffins
There’s not many tastier fruits than ripe and juicy nectarines. The ones you can only get in the height of summer. The other day I thought I had gotten my hands of some of them but unfortunately, they...
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Overnight Carrot & Apple Breakfast Rolls
I probably mentioned before that I often shy away from yeast bakes. It’s because of the dough rising (or rather not rising) which I have had trouble with before (or maybe I just ran out of patience)....
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Classic Creamy Porridge
It’s cold out there! I’m in Berlin right now and it is starting to feel like winter. That’s the time of year when I need a warming breakfast, such as porridge. And though I know fancy chia seed and...
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Valentine’s Fromage Frais Waffles
Happy Valentine’s Day… To be honest, I’m actually not much of a Valentine’s Day fan. Having grown up in Germany when it wasn’t yet a thing over there I can still happily do without the rather...
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