2 pieces ½ pack yeast 1 ¼ cup lukewarm water 1 tablespoon honey 1 tablespoon EVOO 1 teaspoon salt Scant 2 cups wheat flour 1 cup Durum Semolina Flour Rosemary twigs Fresh basil Salt flakes In a bowl, dissolve the yeast in water, and mix in the honey, oil and salt. Add the flour aContinue reading “Focaccia with Honey”
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Date Cake
Needs a food processor Oil to grease the cake pan Cocoa powder to “bread” the cake pan ½ pound pitless dates, about 1 cup ¼ pound hazel nuts without the shell ½ pound dark chocolate ½ cup EVOO 3 eggs 2 tablespoons corn starch 1 teaspoon baking powder ¼ cup chopped nuts 1 tablespoon honeyContinue reading “Date Cake”
According to Instructions
In the recipes I find in books and magazines, it often states to cook the spaghetti (or whatever shape the pasta has) “according to the instructions on the package”. Oh, really? So what would happen if that part of the recipe fell off? Would all good Americans cook their pasta without looking at the cookingContinue reading “According to Instructions”
Finnish Honey
My entire life I have yearned to be able to buy a jar of Finnish honey, Hunajaa, from the excellent market Gamla Marknadshallen (the Old Market Hall) in Helsinki, capitol of Finland! Not really, but when it happened it was a true delight. It was in connection with visiting Chinese-Finnish-American friends from Berkeley, CA, inContinue reading “Finnish Honey”
Guacamole på lunchbuffén
På Freeport Boulevard, i Sacramento, Kalifornien, ligger det en populär kinesisk restaurang, vilken erbjuder en jättestor lunchbuffé med en rad olika etniska maträtter. Det är en ”Ät så mycket du vill”-buffé som troligtvis fortfarande går runt för att kroppsbyggarna inte upptäckt den, än. Rakt fram i mitten finns den kinesiska maten med Vårrullar, Dumplings, BaoContinue reading “Guacamole på lunchbuffén”
Lelijas Lemonad
Knappt två liter 1½ dl strösocker 3 msk honung 6 dl vatten Saft av 5 – 6 citroner, ca 2½ dl 1 l kallt kosyrat vatten citronskivor färskt mynta Is Värm socker, honung och vatten försiktigt I en kastrull under omrörning tills sockret smält. Låt kallna. Fyll en stor kanna med sockerlag, citronsaft, kolsyrat vatten,Continue reading “Lelijas Lemonad”
At the very bottom
basic cooking knowledge is often missing today
Via Superiore
When we go on vacation and I make the reservations, we end up on B&Bs. They are sometimes fancy, sometimes not, but usually interesting, often funny and exciting places. When the husband makes the reservations, we stay in household name hotels, where you know exactly what the dining room will look like. That can beContinue reading “Via Superiore”
Looking into the Crystal Ball
make the crystalized honey liquid