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Good recipes, a few stories and the occasional provocation. In the kitchen, what matters is what ends up on the plate.

Category: Quick dishes

Arab dishes / July 12, 2015

I had a serious craving for beef with green peppercorn sauce. Hence the purchase of green peppercorns in brine. And the brilliant…

Italian dishes / July 4, 2015

All right. I’ve let things slide. Nearly three weeks without a post, or perhaps even a full three. Disgraceful. Completely. But I’m…

Vegetarian dishes / June 8, 2015

Today, a very quick vegetarian post. Quick, because I realised this hadn’t appeared here yet. And it’s a classic, after all. Or…

Polish dishes / May 7, 2015

You have no idea how happy I am that asparagus is back. Yesterday I wrote about the current glut of “new-season” vegetables…

Polish dishes / May 6, 2015

I’m definitely going through a tartare phase. On Tuesday I had classic beef tartare. Not every restaurant does a good one, but…

Arab dishes / April 23, 2015

Before bed, a very delicate, simple-as-usual and slightly “green” hummus recipe. You can read some very interesting things about hummus on the…

Polish dishes / April 7, 2015

You can’t imagine how long it had been since I’d eaten simple tinned peas like these. And warm, with breadcrumbs, at that.…

Diet-friendly / March 23, 2015

Actually, I need to reconsider the name of this recipe. I’ll even make a humble confession. Unfortunately, this isn’t lettuce (well, obviously,…

Vegetarian dishes / March 22, 2015

I hardly cook at all. Hardly means that sometimes I’ll make one of the usual things that’s already on the website. Because…

Polish dishes / March 16, 2015

A little experiment today. Liver with pear. I’ll admit it straight away: I’d never made it before. It turned out tender, in…