by Vera | Mar 29, 2020 | Fall, Spring, Summer, Winter
Lockdown. Isolation. The world is standing still. Not so much my oven. This is now the second week we’re locked in the house, leaving only when necessary to fetch fresh groceries. Lock down has doubled the time I spend in the kitchen, because my family is always...
by Vera | Feb 4, 2020 | Fall, Spring, Summer, Winter
“Good bread is the most fundamentally satisfying of all foods; and good bread with fresh butter, the greatest of feasts.” ― James Beard I couldn’t agree more with James Beard. Bread and butter are meant for eachother, and it would be a sad day, when someone...
by Vera | Dec 18, 2019 | Fall, Winter
I do love Christmas. This time of the year makes me awfully sentimental, a little sad. How does the time fly so fast? I had so many plans this year, and I didn’t even accomplish half of it yet. Well, there is a new year coming, bringing new plans, new opportunities....
by Vera | Jun 10, 2019 | Fall, Spring, Summer, Winter
Picnic, friends and lots of food, that would a more accurate title I think. A couple of days ago, I got to spend two wonderful days with like-minded people, aka same crazy people like me. One of the best two days I had this year. Let me start at the beginning. I got...
by Vera | May 22, 2019 | Fall, Spring
Rain, rain, rain…. Honestly, I cannot take it anymore. For the first time since I moved to Switzerland, it crossed my mind to move to the South of Europe. Today I reached the point when I cannot take the rain anymore. I need sun, feel like my brain is in a huge...
by Vera | May 7, 2019 | Fall, Recipes, Spring, Summer, Sweets
Ingredients (24 cm Springform) 165 g flour 200 g caster sugar 12 egg whites 1-2 tsp vanilla paste A pinch of salt Frosting: 200 g raspberries 100g butter 50g cream cheese 200 g caster sugar 1-2 tbsp heavy cream if the cream is too thick Raspberry glaze: 2 tbsp...
