In many hotels around the world, the club sandwich is a snack offered outside restaurant opening hours or at the bar, especially for late-night cravings. Its origins lie in America and are somewhat older. In 1894, Sarah Tyson Rorer described…
Tortillitas de camarones
These small deep-fried pancakes come from the Andalusian province of Cádiz and are a popular appetiser or snack there. They are prepared with a special type of prawn that is hard to find elsewhere. The camarones de Cádiz are very…
Tarte flambée
Flammkuchen (Alemannic “Flammekueche”, French “tarte flambée”) originates from the French regions of Alsace and Lorraine as well as the outer south-west of Germany. A particularly thinly rolled out pastry base is spread with crème fraîche, topped with raw onions and…
Lasagne (vegetarian)
Who doesn’t love lasagne? And who hasn’t made one. There are two reasons why we are nonetheless describing this dish: Our favourite way to prepare it is the one from the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna and we have already shown…
Çılbır
Cilbir (roughly pronounced chilbr) is a centuries-old dish that can be enjoyed everywhere in Turkey today. It is very easy to prepare, offers incredible flavour complexity and leaves Eggs Benedict behind for us. It is ideal to enjoy Çılbır for…
Pasta alla Zozzona
Zozzona means “dirty” pasta and is the name of this dish, which originates from Lazio, the region around the city of Rome. In a sumptuous way, it combines the classic Roman pasta dishes Madame Chilipepper has created a very instructive…
Oyakodon
Oyakodon is a very popular donburi dish in Japan, which is a meal for which rice is filled into a bowl and then covered with other ingredients. For this you need dashi, the basic broth of Japanese cuisine. There are…
Mooli Paratha
Indian Chapati or Roti (meaning “flat” in Urdu and Hindi respectively) are flatbreads made from Atta, a wholemeal wheat flour. They are the simplest form of Indian bread. The word paratha is made up of “parat” and “atta” and means…
Champagne Sabayon
We can’t explain why this elegant sauce is so little known. It is probably most popular as a dessert, sweetened and served with fresh fruit. However, it is also a sensational accompaniment to vegetables, fish or white meat. To dispel…
Bernese Rösti
With a few regional exceptions, Rösti is a grammatically feminine word, pronounced “Rööshti”, with a long “ö” and an “sh”. Rösti is a national dish of Switzerland and despite of or because of its simplicity delicious. It can be a…
