This recipe is for the most commonly served Salade Nicoise. However, the traditional Salade Nicoise in Nice may not always come with cooked beans or cooked potatoes. This salad for them reflects the seasons, so the Salade Nicoise varies with the seasons. In the spring they may use fava beans and artichokes, in the summer sweet yellow rock melon, and in the Autumn finely sliced […]
From Russia to Spain to Perth! I am in Seville, Spain, making my way to Granada to see the Alhambra. My plan was to visit Ronda, one of the most beautiful white towns of Andalusia also known for its food, wines and bull fighting. I drove through the wonderful countryside and all along among these magnificent hills there were beautiful white towns and villages in all shapes and […]
Ugly Vegetables Are Perfect I was reading TIME magazine this week and in one of its articles they mentioned a food trend for 2017, and in very big letters it said … ugly vegetables go mainstream. This article caught my eye and to my surprise when I went to the supermarket I found these carrots that just fitted the bill. They were not pretty, […]
Nordic Salad A recipe from Bistro Boheme, one of my favourite restaurants in Copenhagen. Smoking is an ancient method of preserving and cooking, but it nevertheless plays an important role in the New Nordic Cuisine. The tradition is mainly used for smoking fish, meat and poultry. But another strong, rather Danish tradition, is also the smoking of cheese. White asparagus and […]
