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Pea and Mint Tart

2015-08-15T16:14:51+02:00

I'll admit, these last few weeks have me in some sort of crabby baby-land funk. It's 117 degrees outside, I'm six months pregnant, and I live in Egypt. What I (...)

Baking with einkorn flour and homemade pizza

2015-07-23T20:14:00+02:00

If you've been reading here for a while then you'll know that I like to experiment in baking with different flours. That sometimes results in things like (...)

Lime cordial

2015-07-16T14:32:14+02:00

Whew, it really is the dog days of summer around here, if you're allowed to say that when it isn't even August yet. It's hot and muggy out and it seems like (...)

Seedlicious Bread

2015-07-05T11:27:46+02:00

Hi there! I can't believe it's been so long since we've seen each other! What have you been up to? How is your summer going? We have SO MUCH to talk about.The (...)

Josephine's Spicy Fish (Samke Harra)

2015-05-09T18:48:26+02:00

Ah-he-he-hem. Hello there. Did the month of April just pass by completely unobserved on this blog? Well, let's not dwell on that shall we? Hopefully later we (...)

Orange-scented cream triangles with portuguese flavor

2015-03-27T11:57:42+01:00

One of the "problems" of living with someone who conducts food research as a serious hobby is that we almost never make anything more than twice. Oh that (...)

Nile Nachos

2015-03-20T11:31:49+01:00

Since my last post on here was all into nitty-gritty food philosophies and things otherwise known as deep thoughts, I thought we should do something fun and (...)

Deep thoughts

2015-03-07T15:54:17+01:00

I made a comment on Instagram recently about a cookbook I had received, very kindly, as a gift. The whole pan-Arab Mediterranean Israeli cooking thing has (...)

The Laziest Breakfast

2015-02-15T11:53:54+01:00

My mother always said February was the worst month. Certainly the dreariest and bleakest, weather wise, and with a holiday most people profess to hate. In (...)

Syrian stuffed onions

2015-01-26T19:28:38+01:00

Well then. 2015! What does 2015 have in store for you? Last year, we came into the year knowing roughly how the year was going to play out. I started 2014 (...)