May. May is not a month spent cooking at home. No. It’s a month spent maximising the legal holidays to get the most out of your long weekends. And in between I have to travel abroad for work. You might think I am complaining. I’m not. Really. It’s just that I miss the cooking and the food blogging. [...]
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Groningen. Impressions.
Day 1. We arrive at 9:30pm. Whenever we have a Monday off, everyone seems to be fleeing Brussels in favor of either France or The Netherlands. We chose the latter, Groningen, to be precise. Finally at our destination, the Datcha, we enter an oasis of calm. The garden is beautiful and just perfect in [...]
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With so many trips. With so much work. With such a wonderful weather. There is barely any time left for cooking. But always enough time for guacamole.
How do you like that?
I absolutely love guacamole. I said it before. I say it again. It’s simple, it’s easy, it’s fast and most of all it is delicious. [...]
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Long weekend in Groningen. Lots to tell you about. Two days of work in London. Not much to tell you about. Now back. Exhausted. With food and foodie stories to share. And don’t you just love these Welsh tea, coffee and sugar pots? Read about them on the train in Homes & Antiques and fell [...]
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Do you remember Marks’ birthday? The party we were planning? No? Oh. (Disappointed look on my face … really?)Ok, I guess it’s ok to forget. This once.
Let me remind you a little the agony (mine): when looking for his birthday present, I was faced with lots and lots of possibilities. Yet none had the ‘wow’ [...]
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Oh, we had some great food lately. With the days suddenly so much longer. Great British Menu pushing the boundaries of modern food. Us more in Brussels for a change. Market abundance with spring and all. A perfect mix for a foodie cocktail.
Mark made a spot on bisque. We ate perfect mash. A great carbonade [...]
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One, I have been a very bad adoptive parent. Two, I have been abroad all last week and oh, the stories and the food I have to tell you about! Gorgeous! With the 1 and 2 May official days off in Belgium, I guess I am not the only Brussels resident who decided to take [...]
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