african vanielje on Jul 02 2008 | Filed under: how to
Making your own pasta is really quick and easy and you can’t beat it for thinks like tagliatelle, cannelloni and lasagne. I used to make it often even before one of my favourite people (and the person who taught me to make pasta) gifted me with the pasta rollers and cutters for my kitchenaid.
My point [...]
african vanielje on Jul 02 2008 | Filed under: Africa, Pasta
I admit it. I love kitsch. But not just any kitsch. Specifically that peculiarly, joyously colorful, sundrenched African kitsch. It stops me in my tracks. It speaks to me on some visceral level. It beckons with little cameos of home.
It wasn’t always that way. Growing up I was [...]
african vanielje on May 14 2008 | Filed under: vkcb
Wild garlic can be foraged for in the countryside in Spring and early summer. Pick the youngest tender green leaves, avoiding any that are going yellow or are damaged or browned.
Wild garlic benefits from softening slightly in butter or olive oil then being added to all sorts of dishes. The smell is quite pungently delicious [...]
african vanielje on May 14 2008 | Filed under: 30 second suppers, Pasta, food blogging event, seasonal cooking
In winter our morning walk to school is not my favourite thing and I generally try and convince Dakota that a less eco-friendly door - to - door chauffeur approach is warranted. But in spring and summer we park in the neighboring village and walk across the fields. This morning it feels like [...]
african vanielje on Nov 23 2007 | Filed under: 30 second suppers, Pasta, food blogging event, vegetarian
Why are these 3 little words that I never hear from my daughter? She never tires of it, which means that if she can possibly help it we have pasta several times a week. Not a terrible prospect, I agree as there are so many delicious variations out there. So why is [...]
