carrot and orange cake

I was hanging at my friend's place Friday evening a week ago and watching TV (rare treat, we don't have television home). Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA was rolling, and they had fab carrot cake at the otherwise lousy restaurant. My friend promptly expressed their deep longing for carrot cake, and who were I to refuse the challenge?

best pizza

No kidding, this is the best pizza I've had. Home made, crisp, delicious, tasty, amazing. If you're looking for a cheese pie, this one isn't what you're after. I like my pizza thin and simple, with long simmered sweet and zesty tomato sauce, olives and vegetables.

spring burritos

sun on the plate

I made this bread and marmalade combo about a month ago. The bread is great as toast, and a little different from any loaves available commercially. It would well suit Easter dinner or lunch, I'd serve it with a dish with some savoury touches, for example a salad with walnuts or asparagus soup, to cut the sweetness of the apricots a bit. The marmalade is just simple, sweet treat to go with the bread.

scraps items

raspberries and rum

herb week!

It's national herb week in Finland this week, so I though I'd post some photos, memories and thoughts of herbs. I've taken the photos over few last years.