This is one of our favourite salads; it also makes an excellent lunch – light and nutritious. What’s more, it’s ideal for a picnic or for taking with you, as it keeps well for a long time. Everyone can adapt…
Tramezzini
Simply the story behind this little triangular sandwich without its crust is worth telling, and it is now turning 100. What is now a common sight in Italian bars today was not invented in Venice – where the tramezzino is…
Laotian Dill Curry – Susi Kai
Whilst travelling through Laos – a country we highly recommend visiting – we came across curries known as ‘Susi’ about 100 km south of the Chinese border. We didn’t see them anywhere else in the country, though that may simply…
Easy-to-grill vegan burger
Anyone wanting to make good vegan burger patties from scratch faces three challenges: flavour, texture and binding. The latter, in particular, is a problem if you want to avoid using eggs. Other binding agents, such as oatmeal, affect the bite,…
Tomates aux crevettes
Tomatoes stuffed with prawns, mayonnaise and herbs are a traditional Belgian dish. Known as ‘tomates aux crevettes’ in French and ‘tomaat garnaal’ in Flemish. Over there, they prepare it with small, grey-brown North Sea prawns, but you’re unlikely to come…
Adana Kebab
Adana kebab originates – surprise, surprise – from Adana, a major city in southern Turkey, near the Syrian border, in the fertile Çukurova plain. The region is known for its agriculture – cotton, cereals, sheep farming – and for a…
Kotopoulo Lemonato
Kotopoulo Lemonato (‘Κοτόπουλο λεμονάτο’, literally ‘lemony chicken’) is one of those Greek oven-baked dishes where chicken and potatoes cook together in a roasting tin, infusing each other with flavour. The classic version is simple: lemon, olive oil, oregano, garlic, and…
Tomato sandwich with furikake
This blog was originally created to pass on our knowledge and recipes to our NextGens. At least for the time being, they’re students, and ideas for sandwiches go down very well with them. In this short post, we’d like to…
Patatas a la Riojana
To mark the undeniably well-deserved victory of ‘La Roja’, the Spanish men’s national football team, at the World Cup, here is a recipe for a traditional Spanish dish that also features the national colours of red and yellow. ‘Patatas a…
Krautfleckerl
There’s hardly any other dish that costs so little yet delivers so much as Krautfleckerl. A head of cabbage, onions, pasta, sugar and spices – that’s it. No meat, no expensive ingredients, no special kitchen equipment required. And yet, the…
