I’m a snack lover, a self-proclaimed snack expert. When it comes to cooking and baking, I am overly ambitious. I enjoy making things difficult for myself and do everything from scratch, serve three course meals at dinner parties. But even for someone who loves to […]
My little secret when I want to make an easy, low-effort meal is always chicken thighs. I’m a big advocate for chicken thighs. The bone-in, skin-on kind. They don’t need much to taste good, a little salt and pepper combined with all that skin fat […]
I’m spending my summer in Germany, where asparagus season is celebrated with a passion. It even has its own name: Spargelzeit (asparagus time. Germans love being literal. Look up the German word for gloves and you’ll know what I’m talking about). Asparagus time is a […]
Sometimes when I’m feeling lazy or sad, the last thing I want to do is cook a meal. But the inconvenient part about being human is that you need feed your body in order to keep on living. Of course there are many options that […]
This Kimchi Tuna Salad is an unconventional salad. First of all, there’s a fried egg smacked in the middle of it. The egg came unexpectedly, when I decided to turn a little side dish into a whole meal. At the time it felt appropriate and […]
Normally I wouldn’t encourage anybody to use store-bought puff pastry. If you’re looking for efficiency, I’m not the right person to ask for advice because I’ll always be the person who will tell you to make everything from scratch. If I have to blame anyone, […]
If you eat eggs for breakfast every single day, it gets boring very quickly, doesn’t it? I’m one of those people who has eggs for pretty much every single breakfast because I need easy protein and I’m not very creative, it seems. This Skillet Asparagus […]
Marry me chickpeas is an audacious name for a recipe and I respect the confidence. A friend served it at a dinner party and in fact, I almost said yes. I often neglect chickpeas in my daily diet, even though I’m always looking for ways […]
Recipe developers are plagued with drastic circumstances: on top of brain fatigue from thinking about food constantly, they also have to deal with the occasional oh my god why didn’t I think of this before! This is the story of how these fig and parmesan […]
Some days, when I’m struggling to write a blog post and I can’t conjure up anything interesting to say, I wonder what’s the point in all of this. There’s millions of blogs out there and zero need for another eggs in tomato sauce recipe (but […]
Chocolate tart is to desserts what a little black dress is to fashion: simple, elegant, and timeless. We all need, and probably already have, a go-to recipe. This baked chocolate tart is a take on the classic ganache tart, with a baked custard and a […]
It’s a dreadful fact of life that we must feed ourselves everyday. I love cooking and it’s rarely a chore to me, but even I will occasionally find myself astonished by how a meal that took me hours to make will be devoured in less […]
I’m not sure why it is, but I love food more than just about anything else, Esther Greenwood says in The Bell Jar. Much like Esther, I spend a great deal of time thinking about food. There are nights when I’ll go to bed willing it […]
Is there anything more intimidating? I supposed not. Eggplants seem to be quite a divisive fruit (yes, it’s a fruit!) and there’s not much room for nuance: you either hate it or you love it. Or maybe you’re someone like me, and everything is a […]
I’ve been playing hooky with this blog, not that anyone bothers to read this half of the post anyway, but regardless, I think I should hold myself accountable and take responsibility for that. Phew, that makes me feel better! Don’t you just love when people […]