You go to the farmers market, see these beautiful red, juicy, ripe tomatoes and think of a delicious way you could use them in your next recipe… What you do? Buy it, of course!!! You arrive home, check the recipe and start transforming those lovely tomatoes into a delicious meal… One of the steps is…
Tricks & Tips
How to cook octopus
Octopus is as popular in my country as it is here. And I’m very happy as I do love it. But the first time I had to cook it, I had a problem! Funny enough, I’ve eaten octopus all my life but I never cooked it before. And I’ve always heard that it’s quite a…
How to prepare asparagus
This is something that took me a while to get right… I didn’t use to eat asparagus at home so I never learned how to prepare asparagus… when I discovered how much I like it, then the trouble started. It’s not as easy as it seams. It’s actually easier to get it overcooked…
Salted Codfish and how to remove the salt and rehydrate it
Codfish can be found fresh but also dried and salted. Salting and drying fish is a very ancient way of preservation. Remember that back in the days they had no fridges 🙂 In my country, codfish is one of the most traditional fishes and we use mainly the salted version. It’s so traditional that it’s…
Conversion table of weights and measures
Thinking about what difficulties I have when trying to follow recipes, I realised that sometimes we may need to change quantities or measure the ingredients in a different way. And every time I had to do it, I was forced to search through several websites or books to find the right way. So I started…