Spring Spicy Soup

It’s time for the last soup of the vegetarian series. It is the easiest and definitely my favorite as it takes grits – one of my most-preferred vegetables. It takes little time, and the good […]

All-Time Favourite Healthy Vegetable Soup

Of course your mum would make this soup for you when you were eight and sick. Mums always make the best broth when you most need it, which lowers your temperature right away. What is […]

Chocolate Martini

Martini is not a specialty of the Island, but the English will never refuse a glass of martini, and chocolate martini even less so. It literally takes minutes, little effort and brings infinite pleasure to […]

Tabule Middle-East Salad

Tabule salad is one of the simplest salads you can think of – very popular all over the world, amazingly tasty, quick and easy to prepare.
What you need is:
- […]

Thick low-carb vegetarian soup

Vegetarian dishes need not necessarily be boring. I’m a vegetarian and I can assure you that my diet is not monotonous at all. Any time I open the fridge, I experiment with what I have […]

Swedish Kroppkakor in five steps

Throughout the ages, the Northern European peoples have learned to make the most of the little products they have at their disposal. Today, though you can find anything at the grocery store, and despite the […]

Pappardelle with seared beef, anchovies and capers

Serves 4; preparation time: 20 min
This pasta, as its name suggests, is prepared mostly along the Mediterranean as capers, or Capparis spinosa, whose pickled flower buds are used as herb in this dish, grows wild […]

Cheerful Chocolate Cake

Why cheerful, you might ask? Because it is easy, contains dark chocolate (which makes you cheerful), contains cocoa (which scientists have proved that makes you even more cheerful) and last but not least, it is […]

Tipsy Chocolate Truffles

Recently while visiting a friend on mine in London, I had the unique chance to try tipsy chocolate truffles. Some say it’s the Swiss who first conceived the idea of truffles; the Americans also took […]

Fine English Profiteroles

Sweet or savoury, profiteroles are simply fabulous. The English cannot claim to have invented them, but why not check a version of this dessert coming from Albion.
To make Choux pastry you will need:

7 fl […]

Naughty Strawberries

One can argue if you get any hot summer in England, but when July comes we all turn to fresh berries. Here is a fantastic dessert for the summer months wherever you are.
Here are […]

Home-made Easter Eggs

If Easter knocks on the door, you have little time and just as few ideas for this-year’s desserts, don’t worry. Here is a very simple but unforgettable recipe for Easter eggs which will make you […]

Dark Chocolate and Vanilla Cappuccino Mouse

Mousse is my favorite type of dessert – creamy, fluffy or thick, it cannot but fascinate your friends. The origins of mousse take us to France and Belgium, but wherever you make it you can’t […]

Chocolate Fondue

If anyone tells you that fondue is make to serve cheese only, don’t trust them. The Swiss know how to make the best chocolate fondue indeed, but I year to tell you my little secret […]

Square Brownies - Desserts from the UK: straight from the horse’s mouth

After a short trip to the UK, I came to believe that if there is anything on earth I can’t resist, it is English cakes, pies and cookies. Inspired by the delicious sweets friends treated […]

Tagliatelle with vegetables (Tagliatelle con verdure)

Can you think of a people who cook like magicians and possess immeasurable sensibility to good food combined with exquisite diligence and care for detail? Yet, all this is served with hot temperament and charming […]

Dutch celery with Gouda cheese in eggs and bread-crumbs

Two things you should never miss when you go to the Netherlands: cheese and bread, or bread and cheese, as you like it. The ABC of most Dutch dishes is bread (sweet, full corn, bread […]

Argentinean plain panada with beef

Prep. time: 30 min
Makes: 4 servings
You need:

25-30 oz (800 g) of beef fillet
3-4 spoonfuls of oil
4 grated onions
3-4 medium-sized cloves of garlic
spoonful of corn flour, salt, and black pepper
5 oz (150 g) of anchovy fish
parsley […]

Boiled pork A La fried bananas from Nicaragua

Are you wondering where to find a fascinating and unique recipe with tender pork fillet? Well, we can probably help you with a recipe with which cooking will come naturally to you. Check if you […]

Baked ham and yams

Preparation time: 1.30 h.
Makes: 6 servings
Products:

2 pounds (1 kg) of yams or potatoes
1 orange
¼ teaspoon of mace
1 pound (500 g) of ham
1-2 teaspoons of mustard
1 ½ teaspoon of milk
2 tablespoons of ground sesame
salt, black […]

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