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Stockholm in May
A family weekend in Stockholm, Sweden in 2017. We visited Skansen, a sort of open air museum and went for a boat tour of the Stockholm Archipelago.
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A weekend in Berlin
A weekend in Berlin with my family in 2016.
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Carciofi alla romana – Artichokes the Roman way
I love artichokes. In and around Rome there are many ways of cooking artichokes, like in a frittata di carciofi, fried in batter, raw in salads with olive oil and lemon juice, alla giudìa (the Jewish way, ie deep fried without batter), thinly sliced and cooked in a pan…. Unfortunately for a lot of these recipes you need…
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Flowers are beautiful, but orchids…
All flowers are beautiful. I love them all, from the humble wild flowers growing in meadows and in little patches of dirt along our busy streets to blooming rose bushes in curated gardens. My mother is very gifted with plants and flowers and since I was a little girl wherever we lived we had flower…
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The seal in the water
It was a beautiful day and I decided on the spur of the moment to go visit the Zurich Zoo with my little boy – 6 years old at the time. We both love to go and have a season ticket so we go often. I asked my son to bring a little notepad and a pencil…
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The Great Barrier Reef, Australia
The other day I was reading that the Great Barrier Reef is dying. We need to do a lot more to save our beautiful planet!
The Stranger in the Mirror
Memories, photos and recipes