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Flavour horizons – Homemade spice blends

December 15, 2016 by nadel&gabel

This year, my Christmas presents – yes, almost done – are a bit more on the (online) store bought side than on team DIY. Not by concept, it just happened. Nevertheless you won’t find a gift guide on this blog. I don’t think anyone needs another one. What you’ll find here – like every year – is some inspiration for homemade Christmas presents. One of my homemade presents is this set of spice blends. I chose three of my favourite […]

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Preserving flavour – How I store herbs

March 28, 2015 by nadel&gabel

After posting the herbed pasta recipe last week, I thought it maybe would be convenient to tell you a little bit about how I store and preserve my herbs. We don’t have a garden or balcony (yet?), so I am always limited with growing my own herbs (Only rosemary survived the winter on at the kitchen window :(.) But these days, the farmer’s markets are displaying an expanding range of fresh herbs. But how to keep them if you don’t […]

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Spiced up

April 21, 2013 by nadel&gabel

It’s back – the passion for cooking! Only now that I feel this prickling again, I realize that I had lost it for a while. The emotionally exhausting last months catapulted me into a kind of sensual and creative ice age. But now not only nature awakens from its winter sleep and rises again, but so do I. My personal situation turned for the best I could imagine and suddenly I can feel the energy for creativity again – yes!

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