the main reason to grow broad beans for me is, that you usually can’t buy them in supermarkets or greengrocers. but over time i read so many recipes with broad beans that i really wanted to try them out.
of course you can propagate lettuces out of seeds. but you have to be a very experienced gardener to be successful. you have to sow in rows as thin as you can because you have to thin out the young plants afterwords. but that´s not all. Continue reading →
maybe it is because of using an old type of vegetable which, in addition, is regional and seasonal, but it really reminds me of what you get served in all the recently opened “back to traditional recipies-restaurants” of the past … Continue reading →
may i introduce, teltow turnips. for all of you who never ever heard about them, they are a speciality of the german region brandenburg, in particular of the city teltow. yes you are right, turnips grow everythere, but these kind … Continue reading →
as i love finding food out in the nature, i also like eating those parts of vegetables people normally would throw away. if you are a gardener and know about the relation between the part of vegetables you finally eat … Continue reading →
the high season for radish is definitively over by the beginning of the summer. but what i want to share with you is my last weeks favorite lunch idea:
first of all, these kind of lettuce are the easiest and modest ways of having some own greens. all you have to do is to sow them in rows in early spring and wait. no thinning out or other special … Continue reading →
this dish is, i guess, a very austrian one. i am not sure if i am right but at least i read about it the first time in an austrian cook book. elder is a plant that grows almost everywhere just … Continue reading →
i discovered the recipe for this tarte on fleur du poirier and immediately fell in love! i think, i already told you that in general i don´t like rhubarb, but this rhubarb tarte tatin sweeped me off my feed.
it is time to harvest the spinach of the early spring first sowing round. there are many ways of eating spinach. one of my favorite is börek or gözleme. for a really long time i was looking for the perfect … Continue reading →
