Olives as a Starter
Whenever I’m in Portugal, I go looking for the local starters. Interestingly, and not everyone knows this, in Portugal they bring you…
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Steak Tartare from Beef Eye of Round
The day after my second eighteenth birthday, my friend Tomasz and I went to a wonderful place called „Restauracja Kresowiak”. A lovely…
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Grilled Courgette
Before another May weekend, everyone’s probably wondering whether the weather will let them get the barbecue out. Or go somewhere for a…
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Oven-baked white and green asparagus
White asparagus is incredibly nasty. Definitely nastier than green asparagus. You probably already know how to peel the green kind from the…
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Green asparagus with fried eggs
You have no idea how happy I am that asparagus is back. Yesterday I wrote about the current glut of “new-season” vegetables…
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Oven-baked courgette
Is it courgette season already? To be honest, I don’t know. Ever since you could buy almost any vegetable in the shops…
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Smoked salmon tartare
I’m definitely going through a tartare phase. On Tuesday I had classic beef tartare. Not every restaurant does a good one, but…
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Parsley hummus
Before bed, a very delicate, simple-as-usual and slightly “green” hummus recipe. You can read some very interesting things about hummus on the…
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Grilled prawns
Dear ladies. Yes, some lovely ladies graced my plate yesterday. With, as you probably already know, some exceptionally uncomplicated spinach leaves that…
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Pesto rolls in North African pastry
Today I had lunch at Totomato, a new healthy-eating place near Plac Konstytucji. I think the Prymitywna Kuchnia palate may simply be…
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