For the love of cooking
Sometimes we get very firm ideas in our minds about what foods should be savoury and what foods should be sweet. Take for example chocolate. Chocolate is usually seen as sweet in our collective imagination, that is until it’s put into a Mexican mole sauce and served (savoury) alongside steak […]
These apricot & almond tarts cream cheese tarts are another in my puff pastry series, which came about mostly because I bought 7 packages of puff pastry for a party and didn’t use any of them. So over the past few weeks I’ve been thinking of different ways to use […]
This pain au chocolat was made out of necessity. A few weeks ago my husband and I hosted a BBQ for his colleagues and I decided we needed 7 packages of puff pastry – just in case. Not only did we not get through all 7 packages that night, we […]
This buttermilk Dutch baby is a dream. I first started making Dutch baby pancakes when we lived in Royal Oak, Michigan. I can’t remember where I first heard about them (it was probably Pinterest) but I was immediately intrigued when I saw the beautiful fluffy and dramatic way they puff […]
Passion fruit curd is a rich and tangy fruit custard that’s a perfect accompaniment to crepes and pancakes (or a Dutch baby), cupcakes, cakes, as a filing for macarons, or spread on a lovely piece of toast at breakfast. Once you’ve extracted the juice from the fruit the rest of […]
This impromptu pumpkin and candied walnut pie was a journey in improvisation in the kitchen. This is how it came to be. Earlier this week I wrote about my disastrous lunchtime grocery shopping trip last Wednesday. One of the ill-begotten goods I picked up on my ill-fated trip was a […]
Just updated with new photos and easier to follow recipe. I’ve been making these white chocolate and pumpkin seed spiced cookies for 5 years and I still can’t get enough. They bring all the warmth of the holidays in a really unconventional way that you have to experience to believe. […]
Hi and welcome. I'm Cristina and I started this blog to share my love of being in the kitchen. I was born in Romania, grew up in Toronto, lived in the US for 3 years, and now live in Amsterdam. I also love to travel and learn about culinary practices in different places. My cooking is a reflection of all the international influences in my background. I see food as the ultimate way to connect beyond our differences.