For this lunch, things were a little bit different. When it was still possible we stepped outside of our kitchen and were guests on a local program called “cook like a chef,” in which we cooked with a professional chef, Boštjan Palčič. We have prepared lunch in front of cameras […]
Most people prefer fresh cold soups in the summer time, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have it in warm fall as well. If it’s better, you can even call it green smoothie 🙂 We have already done the cold soup thing at Hungry Pumpkin when we prepared the classic […]
For several years now, we have seen a trend of the equipment found in kitchens coming to resemble more and more that which you would find in a chemistry lab. The use of ultrasonic baths, liquid nitrogen, and freeze-drying (lyophilization) is mostly limited to fancy restaurants where they want to […]
Many plants that we find commonly in our diet come from the botanical family Solanaceae. Tomatoes, peppers, and potatoes are all found in this family. In addition, we also find a vegetable here that will be the focus of today’s meal: the eggplant. Unlike these other plants in the Solanaceae […]
Catalonian chicory with potatoes, roasted tuberous vegetables, and onion sauce with adzuki beans With its saw-toothed leaves, chicory may look like a dandelion, but it is actually more closely related to radicchio! There are many varieties that have been famous throughout the years; perhaps the best-known varieties had red leaves […]
Do you have too many things filling up your schedule for the day and not enough time to cook meals? Or maybe you just want to prepare a delicious Asian dish to serve to friends? Either way, we have you covered! Rice noodles and vegetables is the dish for you! […]
For today’s lunch, we added a bit of Asian flair, preparing a soup with tofu and broccoli as our main course and a quinoa salad to accompany it. We even ended the meal with a special dessert: homemade banana and avocado ice cream! Many of you probably use broccoli on […]
Today we delve into the world of the pomegranate. In many languages, the word for this fruit also contains the word for “an apple,” for example in German (Granatapfel) and Italian (melograno). It is also less obviously referenced this way in many cases, for example, the English name; the beginning […]
For today’s lunch, we decided to make a meal with a Russian twist. This culinary adventure began with an appetizer consisting of sourdough buckwheat pancakes, also known as blini. We followed this up with our main course, a vegetable stew with beets that is known as borscht. Borscht is one […]