Roadtrip Arizona

Roadtrip Arizona

The southwest has been never on my bucket list to be honest but it should have been! What an amazing stretch of beautiful landscape, how awesome the scenery!

Autumn Lunch with Shitake and Caramelized Pecans

Autumn Lunch with Shitake and Caramelized Pecans

In the Traditional Chinese Medicine we should eat now lots of protein from vegetables, nuts and ginger. Oyster mushroom, shiitake and easy digestible meals, eat simple not too divers foods in order to prepare the body for the coming winter season. Do-Jo they call the transition we are in right now.

October Recap

October Recap

October was filled with lots of traveling and incredibly bipolar weather in New York, ranging from winter temperatures to heavy rainfall to summer heat.

The Amangiri – Utah

The Amangiri – Utah

The morning I arrived at the Amangiri Sophie and I got up at 4:30 to drive from Sedona to Page just to see the Horseshoe Bend of the Grand Canyon River before Sophie had to take one of those scary choppers back to be in NY on time for her exams. So I passed the state border to Utah along Lake Powell by myself on route 89 north …

Pear Tartlets in a Chocolate Shell

Pear Tartlets in a Chocolate Shell

When was the last time you were in France or lets say even a visit to the french bakery will count? The best for me is not the Tarte aux Pommes but the the ones with pear! 

Roadtrip: San Francisco to Big Sur

Roadtrip: San Francisco to Big Sur

After half a day in San Francisco, we hopped in a car and drove down Highway 1 through Monterey, Carmel and Big Sur. It felt so surreal to finally be able to drive down this famous highway and see the beautiful coastline.

San Francisco Shortlist

San Francisco Shortlist

San Francisco has been at the top of my list ever since I moved to New York 2 and a half years ago. I always pictured it as this far away fairytale destination with its pretty Victorian houses and stunning bridges on the opposite end of the country.

Triple Chocolate Truffle Cake

Triple Chocolate Truffle Cake

My sweet Elena called and her first words were: 'Uhoh you sound terrible make sure you are ready on Saturday to come celebrate my birthday, you must come and yes! Please make a chocolate cake I only have a frozen one and that would be so lovely, chocolate, ok? It must be chocolate!'  She said it there times so I thought a Triple Chocolate Truffle cake has to be made.