Pumpkin & Kale Soup and Genesis Crafty review

The pumpkin belongs to the group of vegetables and legumes. Their nutritional composition are carbohydrates, protein, very little fat, calcium, sodium, potassium, phosphorus, iron, magnesium, vitamin A, C, E, and other vitamins. Due to their…

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Coccoli, Tuscan fried bread

Coccoli is another interesting food I ate on my travels. This time was at a backstreet new-ish restaurant in Florence after a nice walk around town on my trip with Celebrity Cruises and Great British…

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Roasted duck breast and fig butter, recipe

Roasted duck breast and fig butter This autumnal recipe is simple. The good quality of the fresh duck meat speaks for itself.  I like to cook and specially eat the delectable Gressingham duck, which can…

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Aji de Gallina, a Peruvian recipe

    Some years ago, I took a sabbatical and went to Peru to visit some friends. Once there, I stayed in their houses and learnt to cook Peruvian food with their native mothers, sisters…

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apple and rosemary bread and butter meringue

British food forthnight  2014 started over the last weekend. It’s a celebration of British produce, food, drink and the harvest season through out the land.  During the next two weeks British fare is being promoted…

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