Category Archives: Recipes

New and classical dishes – explore the in-depth history and perfect recipes for some of the world’s most iconic dishes… As well as a few bonkers experiments from Johan’s test kitchen.

Fiery Foods: Cooking With Chilies – Unusual Tips and Ideas

Ghost Chili

Now stop me if you’ve heard this before, but I’m a major chili head. I love heat, I love chilies and I absolutely adore spicy, fiery foods. I’m also a geek, so I’m the kinda guy who takes my obsession perhaps one step further than most: I’m the kinda guy who not only grows his […]

Simple pleasures: Popping Lemon/Pistachio White Chocolate Truffles

white chocolate truffles

If you’re a regular ’round here, you may have noticed that things have turned a little, uh, over the top and ever so slightly excessive  lately: gourmet restaurant reviews, rabbit gumbo, premium vodkas, gold leaf and Caviar… It’s been a lot of fun, granted, and as I’ve always said: if it’s worth doing, it’s probably worth […]

Dealing with leftovers: Cream of leftover asparagus soup

cream of asparagus soup

I have this friend called Malene. She’s a real, little sweetie and all, but she yells at me! Granted, sometimes I deserve it, like if I’m being a total idiot or doing extraordinarily stupid things but other times, I get a feeling she does it f0r kicks. Like this one time, a year or so ago, where I’d […]

White Asparagus, Pata Negra Ham & Champagne Mousseline

white asparagus

If you asked me up front what my favorite thing about spring and early summer is, I’d probably tell you “asparagus… and girls in summer dresses… In no particular order!” Things like grilling, beers on the lawn and seemingly endless nights might come into play as well, but no, I’m pretty sure if you asked […]