L’Art de Bien Manger

  • Workshop dates 2020. And Nouilles à la George.

    Workshop dates 2020. And Nouilles à la George.

    We finally have fixed the workshop dates for 2020, adding two theme workshops to the existing line up! Like this year’s workshops, it’s going to be all about great food and great wine and great company, a little Italy, a bit of France, and some Swissness to round it all up. Please go to the… Read more

  • Fête de Saint Jean and Trout façon Poissonchat

    Fête de Saint Jean and Trout façon Poissonchat

    I have almost missed it, the summer solstice, or the fête de Saint Jean, as it is called here. It all went a little fast, spring, a bit of travelling, peonies blooming. Only when we lighted our own out-of-doors-cooking-wild-fire-because-finally-it’s-not-raining I realised that half the year is past. It seems though we had done the right… Read more

  • Tsoureki, Oversized. And Other Traditions.

    Tsoureki, Oversized. And Other Traditions.

    Where shall I start. I made that Greek Easter bread Tsoureki based on the recipe given to me by the Greek lady living on the other side of the earth, her name is Georgia, a name that resonates, and then I have prepared this little Easter tale for you. I’ll give you the tale first.… Read more

  • Where I come from

    Where I come from

    Where I come from, the sky is a vast stage for clouds devising mad plays with light. It’s a theatre for giants, the steep rocks of the mountains lining the valley. Imitating the frills and laces of the ladies’ dresses. You can tell the weather by its holes, by the way. Where I come from,… Read more

  • Encounters

    Encounters

    Sometimes things fall into place, just so. I have been given a recipe for Greek Easter bread Tsourakis from a Greek lady living on the other side of the earth. Just so. A Greek lady who by normal standards is a complete stranger to me. Luckily I’ve got my own. Where she lives, tomatoes are… Read more

  • January Comfort Food

    January Comfort Food

    Warm lentil salad. Comfort food. It’s January, dreariness raw wind and heavy clouds. The cold sneaks into your bones, it’s hard to shake it off your skin. Incredibly short days, the world seen through a sleepy foggy filter. January calls for some food remedy, an easy one, no exaggeration, simplicity instead. This is a fairly… Read more