Author: Bernadett Vanek
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Lemon basil pasta with baked salmon
I have been making this pasta for about 20 years….. I am sure everyone coming to us for dinner had this at some point :). It is an amazingly flavorful dish which is the direct result of fresh lemon juice, lemon zest, garlic and basil. The sauce itself is something like a cross between a pesto and…
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Summer bruschetta
OK. So I keep saying this. Good food starts with the best possible ingredients. The reason I am an advocate of farm fresh, farm to table or farm to fork cooking apart from the fact that I want to support sustainable farming, is the taste, look and most of the time simplicity. When you have amazing,…
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Tips on how to make a plate of salad look stunning
When I made this salad last week I thought about writing a quick piece giving you some tips on plating. Sometimes we think we are not capable of doing something. And why? Just because we never tried. At culinary school I didn’t get much advice on plating. I know, it is hard to believe…. And…
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A day in the world of plant based, raw cooking
Do you think this plate of food looks appetizing? Would you like to eat it? I most certainly hope your answer is yes. Plant based raw cooking is not only about chewing on carrot sticks and drinking smoothies. “It is a diet comprising naturally grown wild or organically and sustainably raised fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds…
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Strawberries
Strawberries…. Depending on where you live they are in season in spring and early summer. They are not here forever. And if you never bought them directly from a farm, or picked your own, you don’t know what you are missing out on…. SoCal strawberries are famously good. And we have probably the best farm, Harry’s berries in…
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Mediterranean lamb burger
I was totally not thinking about putting this on my blog. But when my husband said it was so good that in a restaurant he would pay 30 bucks for it…… I thought oh well, others might like it too. Since I was not thinking about sharing this, I will have measurements only for the patties…
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Smoky tomato gazpacho with condiments
This soup was one of my entries to the easy summer eats. I love soups. And even more so I love tomatoes. When I was a kid I was really into tomato soup. My grandma made the most amazing one. Then one day she came up with this crazy idea that she would make it…
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Just another market day
Without any further ado just a few photos of the beautiful produce at the market yesterday.
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Summer salad
This salad celebrates some great summer fruits peach and watermelon. The sweet watermelon and the tart and sweet peach need some contrast in the salad. So I added crispy prosciutto and a hard, salty cheese ricotta salata. It is a variation of ricotta and it is dried and salted. For the vinaigrette I used the juice of…
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Sumac spiced goat cheese pasta with sweet corn and blistered tomatoes
So here we are. SUMMER. Almost. The produce at the market definitely has changed and the summer staples are slowly popping up. Lucky me. I decided to come up with a few summer eats for a contest, but I was surely not prepared to buy some imported, bland tomatoes or watermelon. Because for me these…
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