I found this quiz in another old food magazine of my mother’s. This was when dinner parties were a big thing but now a lot of people have informal dinners which are more lax and more enjoyable. Anyhow, just imagine you’re some bourgeois invited to some millionaire’s house for dinner and take this quiz. See […]
I was looking through my mom’s cookbooks and food magazines and she has a few from the Food & Wine magazine. And I’m talking about magazines from the eighties. Yes, the magazine now has a modern look and is much updated, but the one that my mom keeps is from the eighties, before I was born. […]
Centered almost practically in the heart of Hasselt, Reballion is a newly opened eatery which features balls. Meatballs. All sorts of meatballs. (Yeah, keep those thoughts to yourself.) Founded by Maarten Broekx, Reballion is a self service concept that sells different kinds of meatballs, using recipes with well known flavours. Such as the classic Italian […]
Remember Disney’s film, “Ratatouille” (2007)? The character, Chef Gusteau, is inspired by real chef Bernard Loiseau, dying of a broken heart shortly after losing a star. That was Gusteau. Chef Bernard unfortunately took his own life. And recently, celebrity chefs Daniel Boulud and Gordon Ramsay also lost a star in one of their many establishments, […]
I’ve made a lot of soups but recently I’m experimenting with putting spices into them. This soup is simple and for those of you who like a hot kick in your mouth, this is defintely for you. This serves 2. Ingredients 1 red onion 4 carrots, chopped in big cubes 1 litre of vegetable stock […]
Whenever I make a soup for my family, they would always ask how I make it and the reply I give is ‘I just put carrot and cumin’. Of course I’d have to explain it to them step by step, but really, making soup is a very simple procedure. All you have to do is […]
Usually Caprese salad consists slices of tomato, mozzarella, and basil. I’ve found out that I’m slightly allergic to tomato and decided to give this dish a common twist. Ingredients 1 aubergine (eggplant) 2 big blobs of mozzarella (soft, ones soaked in water) 1 rosemary stalk (with its leaves, of course) 1 piece of garlic vegetable […]
