lecker lunch at the "VG"

Today I finally have to write about my favourite grocery shop. We literally don't shop anywhere else since we are members of the VG, which stands for initiative of consumers for regional and organic products. Even if we don't have to do grocery shopping we love to stop at the VG just to enjoy a plateful of the daily stew. Usually there are two of them to choose, all vegetarian, mostly vegan and always finger licking good.

By the way, the "Zupfkuchen" (also in the picture above) is my perdition....

for a good day at the beach

1 hour's drive to Senftenberg.
1 cup of reggae.
1 big splash of sunshine.
1 pineapple smoothie each.
8 teaspoons of fun and laughter.
2 or more great friends.

Mix all the above, bury your toes in the sand and enjoy!

the Friday fish

a million flowers for Dior

ISN'T THAT INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL?

a spontaneous experiment: liqueur de noix

Today I cut some branches of my walnut tree. I felt bad for the bucketful of green walnuts that should go to waste, so I began a small search for a simple way to make use of the semi-ripe nuts.  David Lebovitz in his blog "Sweet life in Paris" made the convincing suggestion: Liqueur de noix!

In 2 months I will know whether this spontaneous experiment was a success.

Julie's clafouti

A clafouti is a great summer cake. It has no crumbly, greasy "floor", but is juicy and moist and fruity and still doesn't fall apart. Julie, originally from France, to be precise la Bretagne, makes the best clafouti I have ever tried. Of course I had to get the recipe and her permission to pass it on to my dear readers!

Julie's clafouti


150g flour
4 eggs
80-100g sugar
80g melted butter
1/2l lukewarm milk

300g fruit (cherries, plums, blueberries....)

Butter your baking dish.
Preheat the oven to 200°C.
Blend eggs and sugar.
Add melted butter, flour, milk in that order.
Spread out fruit on the baking dish.
Pour the batter over the fruit.
Bake for approx. 35mins.
Dust with powdered sugar.

Serve cold or warm.

turqouise teatime

The turquoise and gold cup is my little time machine to the era of French Baroque. Even if I can't enjoy my tea in the company of Marie Antoinette, I can at least feel as decadent. By the way I recommend you watch the film "Vatel". It's extremely well researched and historically authentic... the colours, the costumes, the spectacles.. need I say more?