A while ago, my friend Oksana gave me the most enchanting gift: a jar of rose petal jam from her mother´s garden. It was of the prettiest colour, a dark deep pinkish red, with countless little petals throughout and that floral perfume that´s almost more beguiling when it ascends from a jar. I really love that kind of old-fashioned flower recipe, and the idea of a having […]
In my family, we don´t keep to too many Easter traditions. Last year, we were all sick, which didn´t leave much room for a festive mood to spread; this year, things look good in that respect, not counting the usual runny noses. But while in Advent, a well-tried arsenal of rituals – tree, ornaments, songs – helps […]
deutsche Version Rhubarb is not my favorite fruit, and I have never ever heard anyone else calling it that (plus I´ve learned it´s a vegetable anyway). In spite of that, I always buy a few of these awkward stalks as soon as they´re in season. For I feel, in some nostalgic way, committed to it: […]
deutsche Version When the morning fog has disappeared, glowing September sun bathes everything in a warm golden light. Outside in the garden, the leaves of the maple trees start to turn yellow, red and flaming orange, heralding the explosion of autumn colors that is soon to come. Evergreen plants remain stoically unimpressed with the season´s […]
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