Have you ever heard of a dice game called 10,000? (click on this link if you want to learn the rules) My friend Irina’s husband taught Mike and me 6 years ago how to play it and since then we are hooked. Yesterday we had Beatrice and “The Irish” (we had to make up a nick name…
Happy Mothersday to all my friends who have human kids and/or furry kids! Here my furry kid Jack who is checking out the quality of our grass… Arugula Salad was not on my “list” of recipes I thought I would ever post but then I walked into the greenhouse and the daikon, red radish and…
I think I am on a banana streak (Banana Cream Pie, Banana Mango Skewers and now Bananas Dulce) and found the perfect Cinco de Mayo dessert – Bananas Dulce with home made coconut ice cream. There is a Mexican restaurant in Kirkland (Cactus) that serves this dish in a little cast iron pan and I think its meant to be shared but I always…
Are you looking for a light, quick, easy but still fancy and scrumptious dessert? This is the one to make – Strawberry Mousse with Raspberry Sauce – absolutely delicious! Now that I made it I am surprised that I don’t see it offered more often on dessert menus or at party’s. This for sure will be my go…
When preparing for the Easter Raclette I run across an interesting chicken skewer recipe that not only makes for a good Raclette dish but also for a really good BBQ dish. Not that it is already summer in Seattle, we are far away from that but I am already freaking out about the same old same…
I had so many ambitions cooking lots of creative food for the Easter Weekend and posting lots of fabulous Easter themed dishes….and here I am posting Emerill’s Banana Cream Pie! Not exactly Easter themed but let me tell you it would make for a great dessert for Easter (or any holiday) especially if you host friends or…
A sunny day in Seattle is a life changing experience. I am not kidding you, when the sun comes out in Seattle there is a completely different “aura” in the air. All the pasty white people (including myself) drop whatever they were doing and seek a seat in the sun. Any restaurant or dive bar…
My favorite weekend routine besides sleeping in until 10:00 a.m. (I love my Temper Pedic bed!) and looking forward to getting my cappuccino served in bed by Mike is calling my mum as well as trying to catch up with at least one of my friends either in Germany or other parts of this world. This gives Mike some…
Is it spring yet? Geez I can’t take these gloomy doomy rainy Seattle days any longer – 9 months of winter is just TOO much! But since I am trying not to be such a complainer I have found a way to crack myself up every morning by feeding my dogs their vitamins (yep my dogs…
Look who I met in Vegas – Rocky and PeeWee photo bombed us. That’s Vegas! Its nice to be back home – One week of Vegas took a toll on me. No matter how hard I tried, there just was no way to get to bed prior to midnight, not even on a business trip, or maybe just…
A German in Seattle 