Food & Thoughts

I'm off to Berlin! I'll leave you with these little fellas - now be good to them and don't eat them all at one time :-) Memories of Childhood Chocolate Cake Cream Cheese-swirled Brownies Golden Butter Cake All recipes from the - in my blog - ever-present: Baking by Flavor ...

Finally, I got the time to do mess with my template - that is, everything (almost) is courtesy of BloggerHacks - check it out!

I think it's come to stay, that IMBB? thing - and it just keeps getting better and better! I for one was thrilled when I found out Cathy of My Little Kitchen had the honor of hosting this version, and that with the excellent theme of Beans, Beans and more Beans ! Once upon a time, I thought beans a nasty thing - guess it's just one of those things you have to hate when you're a kid, like liver. I'd eat the odd green bean here and there, but it wasn't until I started cutting back on my meat-eating habits I grew to love them. Hummus, oh heaven, a bean salad , tuna and butter beans, a nice flavorfull cassoulet. I love their versatility and the beautiful colors and variety - in fact I think the only thing I'm not to keen on is their (sometimes more than other!) flatulence-producing efforts, but I've learned to live with it!;-) So when I heard, I immediately reached for this one: The Bean Book - look no further! It's a great book! As you can te...

Clement 's hosting this February's SHF - go check it out , it's gonna be awesome!

I've been so privileged as to have my man cook for me almost every night, since I started reading for my exam - yes, you're right, that's for the last month or so. I miss my kitchen. I SOOO miss my kitchen. Well, and I guess, just life in general! Not that I'm complaining really - I actually, in some twisted, self-destructive way, enjoy my studies - most of the time!;-) Last night I had to cook dinner myself (YAY!), and I made these wraps with chickpeas, courgettes and rocket - yummy they we're indeed, devoured in front of the books. Just one more week, and there will (hopefully) be plenty of blogging going on... (No comments on the messy desk - I thrive in it, or so I tell myself anyways!) Btw, I'm going on a mini-holiday to Berlin with a couple of friends the last weekend in January - any suggestions from you all-knowing, all-seeing people out there?

Well, what do you say, wanna go NUTS? I sure did! When the lovely Viv over at Seattle Bon Vivant announced January's theme for this Sugar High Friday I clapped my little hands, chirping "Oh goody! Almond cake? Baklava?..." to myself. Then came Christmas. And January. And uh-oh...What to make, what to make? Will I even be able to come out from my weird world of not doing anything else but studying for my exam?? Oh yes I will. I shall not miss this - I SHALL NOT!! And then I thought about it. And thought some more. Because actually - I'm not that big in nuts. I mean, hand me a piece of cake that's got nuts in it, and I won't be all: NO WAY! - I mean, it's cake! But I don't find myself putting nuts in all my cakes and pastries. More often than not, I leave them out if they're in a recipe. I do almonds, and I like almonds. I think I've just had to many bad (read: rancid) experiences with nuts. But what I really like about these ev...

Cathy's announced the next IMBB, the 11th of it's kind: Beans, Beans, that musical fruit . Head over to her place and join the fun!