Saturday, February 20, 2010

shortbready

today i was surfing the net around for food and i bumped into a shortbread recipe involving non-dairy butter. now wait a second.. unless you meant non-diarrhee, which i totally understand, if it's non-dairy it's not butter. period.
said that, either you're a poor soul who is intolerant to lactose so i truly feel for you and understand your try.. or i dont really get the point of wanting to eat shortbread, out of all the cookies in the world, without using real butter. it's like making crepes without using actual egg.

i'm not a fat cooking maniac, but when i lived in finland i used to be bewildered in front of the tons of weird margarines piled up in the supermarket fridge. that's crap more than butter, if you dont want to use dairy fat just stick to oils for food's sake.

anyway.

vanilla caramel black tea and shortbread leaves with homemade strawberry compote, fresh strawberries and mint leaves


black rice risotto with salmon filet, white sesame and coriader seeds


corn flour and lemon zest pudding


Monday, February 15, 2010

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

venus and the shrimps

mmh i love black venus rice with seafood, specially big tasty shrimps.
its perfume is so nice, isnt it.. it almost doesnt need any spice nor herbs. usually i complete the dish with a pinch of freshly ground mix of black and white pepper and a little coriander.

among all the various teas i drink everyday like there's no tomorrow, i usually drink a (generous) cup of genmaicha after dinner.. for some reason i find it an awesome way to top my meal, with that grassy yet slighty salty roasted rice aroma :)

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

2010.. yay!

for some reason i really like this pic. feels warm and full and.. i dont know, it's nice :)

i should manage to update more often really.. i dont have the time to write down many recipes lately (this year is gonna be a very busy one with my master degree) but i will for sure update with some pics and brief posts (mainly about food, of course! :D)