Another three course meal today, even though I didn't necessarily feel like cooking today. This is roasted aubergine in an oriental sauce with sesame seeds, followed by a Spanish sausage in tomato sauce. The dessert is called crème Catalan.
I'm on the verge of ending a nine year relationship with someone I still care a lot about. We will still live together for some time, and share the same car and address, but we've grown too far apart for us to see the future together. Naturally I'm devastated and I feel that I need some consoling. So, some warm and friendly words would be...
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Now here's something new I got from Ferran Adria's cookbook... the family meal. I made my first three course meal consisting of a potato salad, Thai beef curry, and strawberries in caramel vinegar... tell me what you think!
And the drugs aren't working so I'm drinking the pain away... haven't been this messed up in years!
As some of you may know... I've been getting really into cooking advanced stuff lately. So last Wednesday, I had an appointment with a friend of mine at Wageningen University to cook for them. We'd been talking for about a year and suddenly, in the course of two weeks, the idea grew and there it was. So what exactly did I cook? I'll show you....
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Here I am with another update! After yesterday's blotchy start we made for Ronda, a rustic village set on a huge cliff. If you're ever in the neighborhood, be sure to visit because it is spectacular. This is the place where modern bull fighting was invented, and even though I'm very much against it, the story is great. After Ronda we had a Sherry tasting...
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So today had a very turbulent start... After emptying the fridge and driving to Schiphol with my parents, it turned out our flight had been delayed for five hours. Eventually though, we got here, despite the obnoxious people sitting next to us, and here we are. We have done absolutely squat today bar getting to the hotel with our tour bus and having a drink...
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The first time I saw this dish, I fell in love with it. It's completely something else and I immediately knew I had to make my own version. Depicted below, egg and soldiers with salt and sugar, completely blew my mind in its simplicity.
The egg shell is filled with mango puree and vanilla ice cream. The soldiers are cookies sprinkled with vanilla sugar. The
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My first attempt at baking (brownies, spongecake with fruit, layered cake with marzipan, and tiramisu cupcakes) went pretty OK!
