Food or drink in a glass – photography and styling challenge November!
Bramble cocktail It took me a while to come up with the theme for the November challenge. After the first two fabulous responses by everyone it had to be a good one. I got December figured out long ago...
View ArticleFoodie weekend in Umbria
Beautiful olives It was roughly a few days before the actual event date that I received a tweet from Karin from Yum and Moore if I maybe had time to go to Umbria for a fun foodie weekend. Well hello… I...
View ArticleSpelt salad with pomegranate and beetroot
Spelt salad with pomegranate and grapefruit Sometimes you come up with a combination that is just so good! This fabulous salad with pomegranate and beetroot is one such thing. I had bought a couple of...
View ArticleAnd the winner is… El Oso con Botas
The first moment I laid eyes on the gorgeous image from Raul from El Oso Con Botas, I just knew this was one of my favorites. It is absolutely perfect in showing of the drink (Mulled wine) and the...
View ArticleCranberry upside down cake and Happy Sinterklaas-evening!
I’m sitting behind my computer and feel that I am staring at the screen. Staring without actually seeing anything. I’m soooo sleepy… Should I take a nap? Just pretend I don’t have to do anything else?...
View ArticleAnd the winner is and Monthly Mingle Roundup….
With wildly varying favorites it was quite a difficult task this month to choose a winner for the combined photochallenge and Monthly Mingle that we had last month. Such beautiful entries too! And all...
View ArticleHomemade granola – Photography #1 – 2013
Homemade granola Boy did I have a hard time coming up with the first challenge for this year! You probably guessed that too since I am way over the date it normally gets published. But that is not such...
View ArticlePearl barley tomato salad
Sometimes – every so often – a good meal is just a series of coincidences… I had been planning on making a salad for lunch using leftovers that I had in the fridge. Getting rid of all we still had...
View ArticleLaos and Cambodia – food heaven…
Honey, I’m home!!! Still a little bit jet lagged… I woke up at 5 am this morning, couldn’t go to sleep anymore so I opted for some quality photo editing time… As it turns out that was not the best...
View ArticleMy blogging history
In just a few months time my blog will be celebrating it’s 5th birthday! Over the next few months you might find a few retrospective posts popping up and me getting a little bit nostalgic now and then…...
View ArticleDulce de leche – budget black box
It feels like it has been forever since we last did a Black Box, Tom and I… But we figured it was time to give it another go. Just last week Tom was told that his contract would not be renewed which...
View ArticleDe Blauwe Pan – Amsterdam
De Blauwe Pan It was cold when I arrived at Central Station in Amsterdam. Cold and snowing. Yuck…. Being the middle of march and all, it could be warmer. I had decided tk take the train, since parking...
View ArticleDulce de leche cake with figs and hazelnuts
What is it that makes baking so much fun? Is it the precise measurements that you need to follow? Is it the tempting smell when it is baking in the oven? Or is it the sweet taste of success once you...
View ArticleFlour tortilla’s – foodblog swap march
When Wendy Heyer from the blog Foodie Moods suggested we should all do a sort of virtual blog swap the response was positive and immediate by a lot of foodbloggers and hey… you know me.. I’m always in...
View ArticleHappy Easter and a little Easter quiche
They say it is the coldest Easter we had in the last 30 years… As we speak ( one day before Easter) snow is falling out of the sky… Snow…. On one of the last days of March! And I know, I know… Enough...
View ArticleAnd the winner is….
Woman with Fresh fish by Cathy Was it a challenging subject for last months photography challenge.. ? Judging by the smaller number of entries it might have been. Still, I’ve seen a couple of really...
View ArticleI’m a little stuck… need ideas!
I need your help people.. My mind is going in all directions when it comes to a new theme for the photography and styling challenge, so I figured who better to ask for a new theme or topic then those...
View ArticleLemon curd French toast with strawberries and pistache
The best French Toast ever I’m feeling slightly stuffed sitting behind my desk right now typing these words… Stuffed because I have eaten too much and I should be moving around, burning off some of...
View ArticleGreat ways to cook more Eco-friendly
I don’t know about you guys but ever since the economic crisis hit in full force (and Tom lost his job) we are trying to look at ways to reduce the costs. Budget shopping is not my strongest point but...
View ArticleVirtual baby shower for Zita – Pistache raspberry cakes
Pistache raspberry cakes with rose water whipped cream Just before we were all going live with our Virtual baby shower we got the news that the baby is already born! A beautiful baby boy with the name...
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