Catgory: vanilla
It all starts with a failure. I am there, standing in the kitchen. My mouth is full of chocolate, my left arm dusted with flour and the fork I am holding is still carrying a bitten piece of oozing chocolate cake.
Oh and before I forget: I also have a gorgeous dark-brown stroke left by the […]
Cinnamon buns are an autumn favourite in my house. Come by, around the end of September, and a wonderfully rich cinnamon aroma will invariably hit you. A lovely family tradition, kept alive by my sister’s unconditional love for cinnamon buns.
On my side, the least I can say, is that I’m definitely not fighting against this […]
I’m not sure I should tell you this, but there are many things I take for granted; at least in the pastry realm.
Indeed, I tend to think that every single person on earth knows how to make a Forêt Noire from scratch or that Ispahans are referred to as easy-peasy. It seems I’m that much […]
[Two sugar grains for foodbeam’s second birthday - Matcha shortbread and green tea bubble filled vanilla cupcakes]
Exactly two years ago, something got me totally over-excited. Over the fact that I had just finished my exams, discovered I wasn’t the only person in the world thinking mostly about food and created foodbeam – enough reasons to […]
[Peach with wine, vanilla and crème fraiche]
Saying that my dad talks a lot would be an understatement; he always has something to say. Whether it’s about our new neighbour or a beautiful bug he saw earlier in our garden. Always. A lot.
If you can’t tell straight away that he has some Italian roots you can […]