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Please take a few minutes to watch this short, yet powerful video clip by Michael Pollan. It captures so much of what is wrong with today’s food industry and it is one of the main reasons why we cook and want to entice you to do the same.
How the Corporate World Fuels Our Junk Food Addition (VIDEO)
We’re closed for the holidays! Jessica is in New York, I’m in Italy and we’re working hard on research for next year. Expect exciting posts on more easy, fresh and colorful recipes, as well as additional inspiration on why it’s better to cook more.
We wish you happy holidays, filled with delicious food, good friends and plenty of time to recharge. We’ll be back in 2014!
Love to all,
Kathrin and Jessica
It’s hard to think about sharing our newly discovered love for delicata squash when there is so much suffering in the world.
On Monday, typhoon Haiyan has left thousands dead in its wake barreling through the Philippines before landing in Vietnam and then Southern China. Apart from the billions in dollars worth of material damages, there a millions of people in dire need of basic aid. Continue reading “Helping Those Who Survived Typhoon Haiyan”
Today, on August 15th, Italians are celebrating the middle of summer so: “Buon Ferragosto a tutti”.
After spending the last few weeks re-living the memories of my happy childhood back home in this small town in the Dolomites, we are ready to return to Northern California.
Bags are packed and my inspiration is running at an all-time high with plenty of new and easy recipes to share with you. Fall will be here before we know it and we’re looking forward to celebrating it with you!
Enjoy the last weeks of summer!
PS: This isn’t my picture, but the mountains on it are from my town! Come and climb with us!
Cereal for breakfast was never my thing. True, it’s super easy, fast and efficient yet it hardly leaves me feeling satisfied. Most packaged cereals are either too sweet, too salty, too crunchy or too soft and certainly wouldn’t do the job of filling me up for the morning, especially if I stuck to the intended serving size. There are some great granolas out there but if you want to feed a family of four, you easily break the bank. Which led me to try to make my own. Come and cook with us! Continue reading “Making Great Granola”
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