This Russian salad – or Salade Olivier, comes with a lot of history: first invented in the 1860s in Moscow by a chef named Lucien Olivier, who guarded the recipe jealously. His sous-chef – apparently – stole the recipe and opened up his own restaurant to sell his version – needless to say, it simply wasn’t the…
I had this rice first at the home of a school friend, whose family had fled to Germany in the wake of the cultural revolution. I loved the flavours and textures of it: the crispy bottom – the tadiq – gives the dish a hint of caramel, which goes beautifully with middle eastern dishes of all sorts. Hoping to…
Quite a few people have been wondering the same nations always win, whereas others never get very far in world cups, and I think I have found a scientifically sound answer to this question – but it is hardly surprising when I tell you it all comes down to money. The German Institute for Economic Research…
That Uruguayans like meat is well known, not just since this World Cup; lesser known is the fact that they have quite a sweet tooth, as the dessert ‘Chajá‘ demonstrates: invented in 1927 by an Uruguayan pastry chef, it consists of layers of sponge, meringue, whipped cream, apricots and – sometimes – dulce de leche,…
This dish is one of the most wellknown dishes of the Balkan region, whether it is called zeljanica, as in the former Yugoslav republic, or spanakopita in Greek: spinach, feta and cottage cheese are wrapped into thin layers of filo pastry, giving it both strong flavours and lovely crisp texture. What’s more to want from…
Now as you would expect from a Swiss recipe, although it is a quick and easy mid-week dinner solution, you still have to pay attention to detail. Note the title: strips of meat – the closest I could come up with for ‘Geschnetzeltes’ – Zurich style is NOT the same as Zurich-style strips of meat. The…
I really like simple food: a few ingredients, quickly mixed together without much fuss, to great effect. A lot of Japanese food, however, requires years to build up the necessary skills, and hours to find the exact ingredients. I have to admit I would not have the patience to attempt making sushi, and I bet it…
Côte d’Ivoire, a former French colony, is by far the biggest exporter of cocoa in the world. The cocoa plant comes originally from the tropical forests of South and Central America (Peru, Ecuador, Brazil etc), where it still forms an important part of the diet: a Columbian friend assures me that hot chocolate drinks are consumed with many meals,…
Only days after their king Juan Carlos announced he would step down, the Spanish football team, too, abdicated from their reign as world champions, and they did so without any style. Beaten successively and comprehensively, they were the first team to go out, thereby ruining whatever credibility I ever had for predicting the winner of this…
I know I should be making more of an effort here, but it is tough. England’s football nemesis is Germany, but the Germans and Dutch are far too busy trying to beat each other to care much about the rest of the world: there is a whole wikipedia entry dedicated to the rivalry between the…
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