Sad as I was to leave all the lovely little hole-in-the-wall type Mexican eateries and their enticing selection of burritos, tacos, nachos, ...

My favourite kind of mathematics is applied mathematics. Especially when applied to food. So this is how it went: I knew this recipe gave m...

I notice that the supermarkets, in what appears a strategy to make up for the somewhat limited range of local fruits available this time of ...

On Christmas day we had a couple of guests over for a Danish style Christmas lunch. The concept of a such a lunch is to sit at a table for s...

Traditionally the big Christmas dinner in Denmark is on Christmas Eve - and I guess most Danes would have duck roast. [1] This year I decid...

You know, the irony isn't lost on me: For over 5 years I lived in the US, where I believe myself to speak the language more or less flue...

One of the cookies traditionally served in Denmark around the Yuletide is Jødekager ('Jew cookies'),[1] and I remember a few years ...

Mrs. Throat-Erator has made these cookies for me a few times, but this is the first time I have a go at them myself. Ingredients: - 250 g (0...

Since this is a dish in clear violation of Mrs. Throat-Erator's don't-mix-fruit-with-food rule I only make it when she's not aro...

As I mentioned previously there is a strong tradition of seasonal beers in Denmark. Amongst the most institutionalised is 'Tuborg Juleb...

In my quest for new ways to serve pickled herring I came up with this combination of Danish and Mexican foods. Two pickled herring filets we...

There is actually a significant number of Portuguese people living in Geneva. I don't know if this is part of the reason why one can get...

I'm not sure exactly how this idea was born - I guess I just had tomatoes, red chillies, garlic and lime handy and had been recently rem...

It was only recently that I noticed that the Boxer brand is rather local to this region - Brasserie Boxer [1] being located in Romanel, just...

I picked this concept up from a book on pasta dishes years ago - it was a favourite with the dormitory crowd and has stayed with me in some ...

Not forgetting my positive attitude towards a specific French beer , my previous post on the subject did betray my prejudice against French ...

This way of serving herring was introduced to me by a family I'm no longer in touch with - which isn't really a story I want to go i...

When I recently made ' burning love ' I was reminded that I hadn't made the luxury version of mashed potatoes for a while (a rec...

Over the years I've tried a couple of different vegetarian lasagnas, but don't remember any of them being as good as this. Ingredien...

Mrs. Throat-Erator had been after me for some time, trying to coax me into making this soup which she had read about , when I noticed these ...