Asparagus with cucumber-tomato-rocket-mushroom vinaigrette 500g green asparagus a piece of cucumber 1 tomato a handful of mushrooms a small bundle of rocket leaves olive oil, vinegar, salt and pepper Boil the asparagus (about 10 minutes) until it hangs slightly curved over the fork when you lift it. In the meantime prepare the vinaigrette with the chopped vegetables. Pour the vinaigrette over the warm asparagus, serve and enjoy!
…I found in Cenk’s food blog Cafe Fernando. It’s made from only two ingredients: water and chocolate. You don’t believe it? Here is the recipe- it’s amazing.
I took most of the pictures at the exhibition “American Dreamers/Reality and Imagination in ContemporaryArt”, Strozzina CCC, Florence.
With the weather all of a sudden sunny(?!?) and the temperature over 25°C (???!?) all productive behaviour was forgotten, instead our innermost primitive instincts took over: like sleepwalkers we dragged the table and chairs onto the lawn and decorated everything in pink and with flowers, only regaining control over our consciousness when happily seated in said chairs absorbing the warmth.
Moritzburg Castle
Obviously I should give up the idea of a whole Menu in Pink and go instead for easier things like photographing pink walls and pink glasses or simply a pink dessert.. Rose Carrarini’s Rhubarb and Orange is prepared in a moment, looks beautiful and has been so delicious that tomorrow I’ll go and buy more of those lovely sticks. Why not give it a try with lemon as well? Rose Carrarini’s Rhubarb and Orange 5 sticks rhubarb, trimmed […]
Sautéed oyster mushrooms with fresh spring herbs and champagne 2 servings oyster mushrooms 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped 2 spring onions, finely chopped 1 tbs balsamic vinegar a glass of champagne a handful of fresh spring herbs flour to slightly dust the mushrooms 3 tbs olive oil sea salt freshly grated black pepper Place the olive oil in a large sauté pan. Stir-fry the garlic and the spring onions. Then raise the heat to high […]
I’m so sorry, I don’t have a Menu for you today. No pink fried panther, no dessert, I even ruined Johan Odendaal’s extravagant beetroot paint. the pink herring salad I bought in the supermarket was fine the pink grapes and plums for dessert came out red in the photo the beetroot paint did not emulsify (I realized too late that I should have added the olive oil in a thin stream while running the blender…) the […]
Menu Oven-roasted cherry tomatoes Pointed peppers filled with spicy red quinoa Red fruit jelly Barolo