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Nancy’s pink coach house

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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.

countryside decadence and some sautéed oyster mushrooms

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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 […]

#8 Menu in Pink, first try

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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 […]

kitchen makeover

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Before I continue to cook my Sophie Calle inspired menus in red, pink and purple, and before I reveal  more about myself by participating in @fatmumslim’s photo-a-day challenge I  invite you to finally have a glimpse into my kitchen. Yes, into the new one! The light-flooded one! You can’t believe how happy I am with all the works finished. Well, there are still missing some blinds and a real nice work of art (black-and-white photography?) on […]