Recent Posts

Transylvanian Chimney Cake

Transylvanian Chimney Cake

A quest to bake the Transylvanian Chimney Cake (aka Kürtőskalács).

Mushroom Pastry

Mushroom Pastry

Mushroom Pastry

It all started with the ridiculous amounts of mushroom I usually buy from the grocery store. I always over estimate the quantity for mushroom consumption in our family. So, as it is with all those brilliant ideas, when stars align and you have just the right ingredients (and heaps of mushroom) in your kitchen, I found a tasty combination of mushroom and puff pastry – the Mushroom Pastry!

(more…)

Roasted Peppers Pasta

Roasted Peppers Pasta

Roasted pepper pasta inspired from Jamie Oliver’s Cook with Jamie cookbook.

All American Taco and Taco Potion #19

All American Taco and Taco Potion #19

The All American Taco and taco potion #19 as seen through the lenses of Alton Brown’s glasses.

Alton Brown’s Chili Powder

Alton Brown’s Chili Powder

[pe2-image src=”http://lh6.ggpht.com/-KqDiFO0JsCw/UktEV_kbJSI/AAAAAAAAAPw/mwQF7WCOsNY/s144-c-o/chilli%252520powder.jpg” href=”https://picasaweb.google.com/109185937235058548362/AltonBrownSChilliPowder#5929908478995539234″ caption=”chilli powder” type=”image” alt=”chilli powder.jpg” pe2_caption=”1″ pe2_img_align=”none”]

I am a big fan of Alton Brown as you may already know, as well as a big fan for home made spices. And when these two come together, the result is an instant combustion that will make every chilli recipe (or any other that call for chili powder) a winner.

(more…)

Cranberry Walnut Celebration Bread

Cranberry Walnut Celebration Bread

This bread involves heaps of dried cranberry (9 ounces to be precise), that paired with walnuts, scream “Christmas”, and tastes pretty darn close to Panettone (texture & taste) which we usually associate with this time .

Crepe Recipe Song

Crepe Recipe Song

So, what happens if you like to cook, you like writing songs and like video-production? You might start singing about recipes and post them in a videosong. Which just happened with me. It’s a practical song that you can actually cook! Crepes Recipe is the debut song from a collection of videosongs I plan to post in an album called “Kitchen Tunes”.

The Paw Paw in Our Backyard

The Paw Paw in Our Backyard

Pawpaw Fruit

Shrubs, flowers, ornamental trees of all sorts,  are very common to find in a usual suburban backyard but a Pawpaw tree? That’s what you will find if you come to our backyard (actually two of them).

(more…)

The Return of Sour Dough – Night One

The Return of Sour Dough – Night One

For those of you lucky dogs and ducks that inherited a piece of my multi-million dollar sourdough starter, here is the first blog post in the series discussing how to actually bake a sourdough bread that will gain back your spouse’s respect, as your kids and friends would bow in front of you and address you as “Your Royal Majesty”. This series is a remastered version of the original Sourdough Chronicles I wrote a while ago.