I do not always feel like a kitchen goddess. Not even very often, actually. Like the other day, when I made Elisenlebkuchen, the queen of gingerbread. During a visit at my mother´s I rummaged through her cookbooks and discovered the original recipe for Elisenlebkuchen inherited from my grandma. Immediately, the memory of my childhood Christmas flashed through my mind, and I could almost smell the spicy little cakes again. I wrote the gingerbread recipe down and as soon as I got home I had to try it, too impatient to wait until the next day and buy the proper […] Continue reading →

  Unfortunately I´m not exactly in Venice, not physically at least, but all the more in my mind. For two weeks now I have been writing a novel taking place in Venice. When I´m not working, I´m looking at old photos from Venice, watching all the movies I can get hold of which take place in Venice, reading fiction and non-fiction – I´m sure you can guess the setting. I missed out a bit on the food, but today I cooked a hearty ragu, Venician, of […] Continue reading →