Butter cookies (aka Boterkoek)

It’s time for another freaky deaky Dutch delight. Sunday, our friend Vincent (another Dutchie) came over to cook some hearty Dutch food (Zuurkool met worst). Let’s just say, it’s nothing fancy, but it is great winter food. After we had feasted on lots of mash, sauerkraut and rookworst, then naturally, one’s mind shifts to something…

Pizza toppings

Here are my favourite pizza toppings. I have mostly looked at what my favourite pizza places do and copy them. Why not. I don’t have photo’s for all of them, because sadly, they usually don’t sit around long enough to have a photo shoot (especially if Dad’s around – you have to be in quick…

Pizza pizza

One can’t be the owner of a woodfired oven and not have attempted pizza! Once you go woodfired, I am afraid it firmly cements you into the mold of official pizza snob. No more Domino’s or Pizza Hut for you ever again! We used to frequent a pizza/pasta place near our house, but no more….

Controversial blog – meat comes from animals

Please don’t read this blog if you don’t really want to know where meat comes from. Shock horror….did you realise that meat actually comes from an animal that used to be alive? I never realised this. I thought it came from Woolworths, and actually just grew in the plastic packet with the little absorbent pad underneath…

Tiramisu

I don’t normally like coffee flavoured desserts, but this is the one and only exception. Of course, you will find a million and one recipes for Tiramisu, but this one I like because it isn’t very sweet. The best thing about Tiramisu – you can make it the day before. It actually tastes better if…