A truly different soup. Ingredients as such are typical for the Mediterranean and go well together but one would expect them rather to be served separately on a tray with a glass of wine as a Mezze. The milk of course seems entirely misplaced but is totally necessary. Another great dish discovered in the cook [...]

A delicious ice cream with few ingredients. It is not summer yet, so I wanted an ice cream that has a touch of winter. Hot milk with honey and cinnamon is a typical winter taste. Having this frozen makes a great dessert.

I am stunned by how many of you took the time to participate. With some of you I am even more amazed about the efford you took to post multiple recipes. You have written 21 recipes in English, French and Dutch! This is an absolut record for the event. This is the first time that [...]

Al classic dish of the Greek Cuisine and a must during lent. The Stifado with Octopus is one of my favourite Greek dishes. Stifado can be made with chicken, lamb, or veal but the verison with octopus is the most delicious, at least for me.

I had a fennel bulb left over and was more into baking then cooking. I decided to use the fennel in a rather unusual way. Fennel in a cake, I had never tried before but the thought was tempting. Smelling a fennel bulb allows you to imagine eating it sweet.
Preparation time: 20 minutes
baking time: 25 [...]

Returning from our excursion from the African coast, we travel back to good old Europe where we land in Italy. World famous for its delicatessen such as Mozzarella, Mortadella, Parma ham, Polenta and Pasta but as well for its wines such as the Chianti or the Barolo.
Here we can find a vast variety of local [...]

Eva, whom I had met in my Yoga classes had told me about a fish dealer in the central market that sells superb salmon. He even would be so honest to tell if the salmon was not fresh enough for Sushi. I instanltly wanted to try that out and so we met in the morning [...]

And the winner of the 4th Mediterranean Cooking Event – Croatia – is the blog Domestic Divas Meet up.
The winning recipe is Sarma.
Congratulations!

Childhood memories of my grandmother Elisabeth came up when I prepared this dish today. When ever I visited her there was rice pudding. It had a garnish of sugar and cinnamon on top and a tiny piece of butter was melting in the middle of the hot pudding on my plate. Also Greek childen have [...]

This recipe I found in a cookbook called “flavours of the mediterranean” which I had gotten form my almost mother in law for Christmas. Finally I had gotter arround to cooking from it. A great dish for eggplant lovers with a touch of anchovies.