Vacherin

I have an enormous passion for recipe books. I especially love the old ones which let you discover the recipes of our great-grandparents. One of...

8 April 2024

Baked pannacotta

I have an admiration bordering on veneration for the pastry chef Gino Fabbri. In his book “Sweets and talent of a world champion”, I always...

19 February 2024

A food blogger that I love and who always offers very simple, yet super-delicious desserts is Gaudry. These biscuits are not only very easy to...

8 January 2024

A few years ago, I followed a series of pastry courses by Maestro Maurizio Santin. The recipe that I absolutely loved the most was the...

6 November 2023

The first name of the Zuccotto seems to have been “Elmo di Caterina” (Catherine helm). In the mid-1500s it was a typical Florentine dessert with...

24 July 2023

These cookies are a Christmas typical for Germans and the Swiss but are also very common in South Tyrol. The recipe was given to me...

5 December 2022

I love reading the book “Science in the kitchen and the art of eating well” by Pellegrino Artusi because I find it interesting and amusing....

8 November 2021

The first time an angel cake recipe appears in the USA is in an 1839 book by Lettice Bryan entitled “The Kentucky Housewife”. It seems...

5 January 2021

The “Buche de Noel” is a typical French dessert from the late 19th century. In France there exists a quarrel about the invention: some say...

22 December 2020