I've just had 1 pound of clotted cream in one go. I ate it with a spoon. The kid loves it too, his version of having scones is basically clotted cream and jam with a couple of scone crumbs sprinkled on top. He is like me, he goes straight for the good stuff ( Read more... )

When I came home from the gym today, Helga was in the kitchen with a British couple we met here (the kid was napping). They dropped by and were having a glass of wine with Helga and chatting while Helga was waiting to take the pie out of the oven. I said hi and left to change quickly to join them. I took two one-liter bottles (slightly over half a ( Read more... )

We are having an awesome time here in Spain and are enjoying it a lot. Spain has a lot of good stuff to offer. One thing that I find overrated though is paella. Anyone who has ever tried Uzbek Plov won't think of it much. It is good, just not good enough to justify the fame it enjoys. And not as good as Uzbek Plov, which is much less known. Good PR ( Read more... )

1. The hotdog battle (see here)

2. The ice-cream war (see here for part 1, part 2 and part 33. Obviously, this kid does not even know what soda tastes like. Helga's homemade lemonade is all he knows. She squeezes fresh lemons and limes, adds a tiny bit of orange, some lemon zest and I think just a little bit of green tea (and probably some other ( Read more... )

I was walking past a small street market today and one guy there had these two romanesco heads from his garden:


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We went on an overnight trekking trip to the mountains yesterday very early in the morning and came back a couple of hours ago very happy but also very tired, wet (except the kid, we managed to keep him dry) and very very hungry ( Read more... )

I had to list my top five favourite types of food today and this was the first time I thought about it. I am not a foodie and the beauty of fine dining and high cuisine is mostly lost on me (Noma with its microscopic portions of virgin pigeon liver foam on the bed of Icelandic moss marinated in unicorn tears and elves' piss does nothing for me ( Read more... )

We had phall at a friend's house tonight. I am a big fan of very hot and spicy food and I had some serious training living in Asia but if you had closed your eyes you would have thought that you had swallowed this (and I really like this GIF):


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I suffer from a crippling condition know as extreme fucking food envy (EFFE). Seeing someone like this dude, just having a couple of those fries on that bench in Thessaloniki is enough for me to immediately get a box (no, two boxes! take that, bitch!) of those fries and eat them on the spot.


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Today was a fast day in the village, nothing except bread, vegetables and fruit was allowed (not even olive oil). We worked at the far edge of the forest and the kids brought us lunch there, which was well, bread, vegetables and fruit. Nobody in the village cooked anything else today ( Read more... )