by Jacqui Eisen | Aug 28, 2015 | Food History, Recipes
There’s nothing like pictures to inspire us to cook but one of my favourite and obviously well used recipe books, “The Old World Kitchen” by Elizabeth Luard boasts no colour photography. The illustrations are pen and ink drawings by Luard. Yet it is...
by Jacqui Eisen | Jul 21, 2015 | Recipes, Simple meals
The ingredients for this cottage omelet are usually at hand. Leftover dried bread cubed, milk, eggs, German salami pieces, cheese, butter and dipping olive oil. Make 1-2 eggs & 1-2 TBSP of milk per person. You can vary the type of salami or substitute another type...
by Jacqui Eisen | Jul 8, 2015 | Recipes
We tend to associate chili with TexMex but beans are equally at home in other cultures. Essentially chili is a bean stew. Balkan ingredients lend themselves to great chili….hot or mild. Chili is a great dish for novice cooks. Ingredients are basic: beans,...
by Jacqui Eisen | Jun 30, 2015 | Recipes, Serving it Up
Berries are the jewels of summer! I was leaving work the other day and realized…after I had locked the door and didn’t want to go back inside…that my currants in the back yard were ripe. So my hat came off to make a handy bowl conjuring up memories...
by Jacqui Eisen | Mar 11, 2015 | Recipes
These tarts got rave reviews when I served them recently. After several requests for the recipe I decided to share it here on our site for more of you to enjoy. This recipe will make about 32 small tarts. You will need: 1 cup powdered sugar 1 cup ground almonds 1/2...
by Jacqui Eisen | Oct 26, 2014 | Dutch, Recipes
Hankering for some traditional Dutch meatball soup but not sure how to begin? Pick up one of our Dutch Meatball Soup Kits. They contain all those secret herbs and spices that even the Colonel doesn’t know about. All you have to add is a pound of hamburger,...
