Month: August 2016

• Zucchini “cannelloni” with kohlrabi filling and red pepper sauce

  

  I made this raw vegan dish after hosting a dinner, having some leftover lemon basil pesto and myself feeling really “heavy” with all the cooking and also eating and drinking…. So the next day I really wanted to have a very light dinner and also making good use of my leftover. Raw vegan pasta reminiscent…

  Bernadett Vanek

  August 25, 2016

  pasta, raw, summer, vegan, zucchini

• Plum financier

  

  “Next to the madeleine, the financier is probably the most popular little French cake, common street food for morning or afternoon snacking. The cake’s name probably comes from the fact that a financier resembles a solid gold brick. Curiously, as popular as they are, financiers seldom appear in recipe books or in French literature. The…

  Bernadett Vanek

  August 20, 2016

  baking, dessert, plum, summer

• Summery spinach and herb gnudi

  

    Last year I attended a farm to table bootcamp at the Culinary Institute of America, in St Helena, Napa Valley. It was a really great experience that taught me a lot about sustainable farming and wine making. I also got to spend every day at the CIA kitchen, cooking farm fresh, California produce driven dishes.…

  Bernadett Vanek

  August 15, 2016

  entree, pasta, summer, tomatoes