schmaltz also schmalz (shmälts) n. 1. Informal a. Excessively sentimental art or music. b. Maudlin sentimentality. 2. Liquid fat, especially chicken fat. [Yiddish shmalts, animal fat, sentimentality, from Middle High German smalz, animal fat, from Old High German; Schmaltz[Read More]
Recipes
Absolutely Avocados, by Gaby Dalkin
I lived in California for the most part of the nineties, and now living in Provence, if asked whether there's anything I miss about living in L.A., I'd have to say avocados. Avocados are one of my favourite foods and it’s not that you can’t get them in Provence, they are in Absolutely Avocados, by Gaby Dalkin[Read More]
Guinness, Jamesons and Literature, 4 days in Dublin, part 1
Literature, Guinness and Whiskey must be amongst the three biggest exports form Dublin to the rest of the World and a recent trip to the city gave me the opportunity to discover the origins of all three. I was there for the TBEX (travel blog exchange) conference and decided to Guinness, Jamesons and Literature, 4 days in Dublin, part 1[Read More]
Half a Hamburger and a PflaumenKuchen
Last weekend I decided to take a trip to Hamburg. My mother grew up in the city and as a young child our family would spend the summer holidaying on the Baltic coast nearby. I hadn't been there since visiting my Grandmother in my teens and I decided it was time to revisit the Half a Hamburger and a PflaumenKuchen[Read More]
Ratatouille
This time of year, wandering through the market in Tarascon, or any other town or village in Provence, it's easy to see how the dish ratatouille came about; the vegetables, crammed next to each other on trestle tables are practically asking to be taken home and cooked Ratatouille[Read More]
