Since last week I am preparing for the new season for my raised beds. Well outside there is snow… not really motivating… So this year I decided that I would like to try to grow some special sorts of vegetables so instead of buying all seedlings, I start to growth my own from Seeds. In…
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Mercat de Valencia Part 2
Meat You can find almost any kind of meat here at the Market. A little note goes to Beef as first. While beef produces a nice steak, spanish people are sure that an ox steak has even a better taste. From the tags on the meat in the dry aging chamber, you can guess…
Mercat Central de Valencia – Central Market Part 1
In many Spanish city you will find wonderful central markets. No exception is Valencia with the Mercat Central. In 1839 a Mercado Nuevo was established but was still an open market. As the end of the century it’s already to small for the needs of the City. For this reason at the beginning of the…
Dashi – more than a broth
When I started to cook my first japanese recipes, I quickly realized that you need 4 basic ingredients for most of the recipes. Dashi Mirin Sake Soy Sauce If you have those 4 in your pantry you are ready to cook japanese. Let’s talk about Dashi. Dashi is a broth made using a Kombu Kelp…
Shichimi Togarashi – Japanese Medicine
Shichimi Togarashi means actually seven peppers. It is a mix of 7 different spices that was created more than 400 years ago as a Medicine. Yes, you are reading right. Its content of Red Chili (called Ichimi Togarashi) supports a good blood circulation, alleviates muscle pain and supports digestion and weight loss. Ground Sansho (japanese…
Olive Oil – Unique, Greece
2 Weeks ago a friend brought me to a Ticino-Italian wine degustation. Many different producers, I had mix feelings. I found some fantastic white wines from Friuli. The producer Livon has brought a selection of excellent wines. Some may prefer the winner of the tre bicchieri, Collio Friuliano Manditocai. One of my personal favourite was…
Lechazo – Castilla y Léon – Casa Anton Lerma
Lechazo is a speciality you can find in the whole Castilla y Léon. It is cooked in a special wooden oven. Lechazo is a baby lamb, which is maximum 35 days old. The “Asadores” normally serve 1/4 of a lamb for 2 people. You will find everywhere restaurants offering menus with Lechazo for 2 people,…
Las Sabias – Dominio del Bendito
We love red nice powerful wines, preferably with a nice bouquet of black forest fruits. For this reason we started to be a big fan of the Toro region in Spain. Toro is a DO from the province of Zamora, in the north west of Spain. In the region Castilla y Leon, it is not…
Regional Swiss Beer – Small Breweries: Doppelleu Chopfab
During the ’90s we saw a lot of concentration in the beer industry and many regional beer brands disappeared. The beer market was concentrated on a couple of big international brands. Consumer did not appreciate too much and in recent years a multitude of microbreweries and regional producers appeared. We do like this kind of…
Eternum, Bodega Abanico Toro
This is a bottle of wine I bought during one of my trips to Madrid. Toro is of the “newer” wine region of Spain. Powerful nice wines. This one is no exception. Very dark colour, powerful in the mouth with a lot of tannins. Our is a 2011 bottle, not so old. I am…
The epicurean kitten 