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Aug 02

Jamies Italian restaurant in Glasgow

As you can see, I did a bit of a roundtrip in Scotland recently and tried wonderful places. So, I came across Jamie Oliver's Glasgow restaurant and gave it a try. It was incredibly busy which is not suprising as everyone wants a piece of Jamie, or at (read full article)

Aug 02

Nico Restaurant in Inverness - Scotland

My family has brought forth many great cooks, so I believe I am quite spoilt when it comes to taste, especially with dishes that were signatures to my family cooks. I recently went to Inverness in Scotland, a beautiful little town with bouncy bridges (read full article)

Mar 23

When there is no parmesan in your fridge...

Recently, I made a little pasta dish with lots of garlic and diced ham, oil and rosemary and wanted to top it off with parmesan but found none in my fridge. An easy thing to do it do use toast, pulsed in a food processor and drizzled over the dish li (read full article)

Mar 17

Fleur du Sel

I believe that you should always go for the best in life, even in the small things. I came across fleur du sel and the difference to normal salt is amazing. Fleur du sel is hand-picked at the Salines, the salt mines in France and other countries, it (read full article)

Mar 02

Berry Crumble

Today I made a delicious and very easy berry crumble which will make you day and only takes 30 min all together. Incredients: 3 cups of berries such as blueberries, rasperries, strawberries, anything you like 1/2 cup flour 2/3 cups each sugar and oa (read full article)

Jan 25

Cheddar Fries Dallas style

I went to the US last week and had a wonderful time there, the food and service industry is amazing over there. Here in Germany, where I live, you have to beg a waiter or a shop assistance for attention. While I was in Dallas, my friend Michelle intr (read full article)

Jan 25

Low-fat Tiramisu

Whenever I feel a bit down and in need for a healthy-as-possible option for a chocolaty treat, Tiramisu is my favorite. Tiramisu is Italian for 'pick me up' and I found a great low-fat version on the www.channel4.com website. My personal add-on tip, (read full article)

Jan 14

Off to the US

I will pause my blog for a short period as I will be travelling to Boston and Dallas in the next week. I will report back soon with food I found in the States. (read full article)

Jan 13

What do you need meat for? Awesome bolognese sauce with tuna

Today was one of those days where I opened the fridge door and, at first glimpse, could not see anything much I could cook with. I was hungry and not about to give up, so I started with the basics and I discovered a great bolognese sauce with capers (read full article)

Jan 12

For your own delight, stay away from 'light'

Yes, I confess. I am one of those women who wants to loose weight, wants to loose weight, but of course is way too lazy to just go to the gym and work my butt off. So, what else to do? Why not try to eat less instead and use those great light priduct (read full article)

Jan 11

So you think there is duck in your duck liver paté?

I just got back from one of the very upscale food markets in Munich where you can shop fantastic and high-quality foods, Galeria Kaufhof at Marienplatz. I recently watched Gordon Ramsay's 'the f word' where they featured the force-feeding of geese i (read full article)

Jan 10

Featuring: Ina Garten

I would like to do a little feature about Mrs. Ina Garten, former owner of a specialty food store in the Hamptons, cook book writer, youtube'r' and center of attention in her own food network series 'Barefoot Contessa - back to basics'. As I was wand (read full article)

Jan 10

Butternut squash

Squash, the ultimate fall/winter incredient for a healthy dinner at home. Needless to say that I have never cooked it before. But as I am not working at the moment, I will use my time to discover more about the butternut squash, it's food values and (read full article)

Jan 08

It is all in the seaweed

When visiting friends in Ireland, I came across a brand new cookbook by an Irish GP, Dr. Prannie Rhatigan, which reintroduces a vegetable that has been almost forgotten: seaweed. Now, you might know maki sushi, the tasty little Japanese sushi ro (read full article)

Jan 06

Fantastic ideas for breakfast

Let's start with two all time favorites when it comes to breakfast, dishes which are made quickly and allow you to use up left overs. Pain Perdu It is an easy and delicious way of using one-day old white bread and you can make it either sweet or sav (read full article)

Jan 05

Kick-off

Petite Bouchee, small bites of food, is what I want this blog to be. I want to write about great food I discovered in local restaurants, perfect evening-reads of wonderful food magazines, mouth-watering DVDs you must watch to delight your family with (read full article)

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