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Banana Bread with Hazelnuts

Banana Bread with Hazelnuts

I heard everyone’s into banana bread these days, so let me share my favourite banana bread recipe! This recipe contains cervione hazelnuts, local hazelnuts from the island of Corsica that I discussed in this blog post here. If you don’t have access to cervione hazelnuts 

Cervione Hazelnuts

Cervione Hazelnuts

Working close to the border of France is one the biggest perks of that location and gives me the chance to go across the border to buy groceries. I especially like to check out the cheese (all the cheese…) and any products I don’t know 

Caprese with Olives

Caprese with Olives

After my recent move, I now live close to a gardening shop where you can buy a large variety of plants. This might not be good for my budget, but I LOVE it. Now I can get all kinds of flowers, trees and herbs in 

Rhubarb Tart

Rhubarb Tart

So the problem with me is that I’m not the fastest in the whole process starting from cooking something until I put it on the blog (see Christmas cookies in April). This rhubarb tart has also suffered from that. If I had posted this in 

Walnut Cookies

Walnut Cookies

Ah yes, late April, everyone is over Easter time, making plans to never eat that much chocolate again – the best time to tell people to make Christmas cookies. I tried a few new and old recipes last Christmas season, had some epiphanies (walnuts are 

Flan Tart with Apples and Nectarines

Flan Tart with Apples and Nectarines

I made this cake a while ago but never got around to publish it. The main reason being that I couldn’t think of anything interesting or sassy to say when looking at this amazing thing. All I’m thinking when I see the tart now is 

Chervil Roots (do you know about them?)

Chervil Roots (do you know about them?)

The other day I went to the market and I noticed a vegetable completely unfamiliar to me – a small dirty root like thing. As always, my gut reaction for a food I don’t know was “MUST HAVE IT” and asked the seller to give 

Jambalaya with Chorizo, Shrimps and Mango

Jambalaya with Chorizo, Shrimps and Mango

Let me introduce you to my love for the Louisiana kitchen that began when I was in New Orleans for the first time. While I was eager to learn everything about its history and culture, I obviously found myself researching creole dishes from the area 

Chocolate Coconut Squares

Chocolate Coconut Squares

Chocolate coconut squares are probably as Swiss as it gets. I say this because this is a slightly changed version of a recipe from Betty Bossi, the Swissiest of all Swiss cook books. Those cook books, especially the ones about baking, have been my constant 

German Potato Pancakes

German Potato Pancakes

German potato pancakes, or Kartoffelpuffer, used to be my favourite food at my grandparents’ house. My grandmother had learnt it from her German mother-in-law and usually had them ready when the grandchildren were over. I only learnt much later that Kartoffelpuffer are generally a popular