Pumpkin Whoopie Pie with Elderberry Flavored Cream


There are some funny coincidences in life which are difficult to explain with a meaningful reason. For instance; it looks like whenever I am not in the mood for grocery shopping and I decide to make something with what I have in the fridge, this ”something” should be something with pumpkin. From now on I accept this as a ground rule for winter time cooking. So the rule worked like a Swiss clock and as in the previous year I found myself in front of vividly colored pumpkin slices again. Read the rest of this entry »

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Cooking in Paris

Cooking in Paris

We got stuck in a congested Paris street with a car about to run out of gas anytime soon. I am not going to mention this story since I am trying to forget the exact moment I said “We have enough gas to make it to the city centre, no need to lose time with fueling up!”. By a miracle we managed to get there and I felt one of the biggest relieves I had experienced up to now. To my surprise, it looks like we were not late this time. She was waiting there; a young, slim Parisian lady with a fashionably short haircut in front of a door that was opening to a well equipped kitchen. Read the rest of this entry »

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Strawberry-Rhubarb Crumble

Rhubarb Crumble

Strawberry Rhubarb Crumble

It has been some time, I could not find the time and energy to write anything here mostly due to my daily (and nowadays nightly for the sake of a new project) job sucking my energy like an odd looking vampire coming out of horrible Twilight series without any romance attached to it (no offense, if this is the movie of your life). I had to recharge my batteries within a short break so that I could come up with brand new delicious stories for your pleasure and your taste buds (I really care about you, don’t I). Some of you may wonder what I have done during this break; soon I will tell you the delicious details of it, especially about my trip to the capital of culinary. But before that, I wanted to talk about a surprising coincidence happened recently. Read the rest of this entry »

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