i just discovered pixxers

could be pretty nice for all sorts of things, especially fancy food pics ...

Have a look at tschoerda's wish: my lunch

breakfast in bulk

for three days, just add yoghurt

a winter salad

boar

breakfast of champions

growing stuff

growing stuff, a photo by tschörda on Flickr.

dinner for one: spring edition

odds and ends

yes, soup

white sugar makes way for brown cane sugar

i really love chai tea lately

delicious istanbul

i recently spent a week in istanbul on a university trip / vacation. i have to tell you that i could not get enough of the amazing food! boy oh boy, i could go back there right away just for the gorgeous simits alone! my local turkish minimarkt does not have them, so i have to go look elsewhere. i will have to check out the other turkish shops around town but i doubt i will find anything as fresh as the curls that were still warm from the bakery next to our hostel ...

i make sure there's always chocolate icecream in my freezer

what went wrong?

when i was little, my grandmother always used to say "this is where the baker slept!" when we found a big "cave" like this in a bread ... to this day i cant get that image out of my head ...


i mixed two different kinds of flour. since i don't really know yet how that ancient wheat "purpurweizen" must be treated, i will have to experiment a little more. maybe more water? more time to rise? and definitely more kneading! yes, that's probably it.

present

i am currently baking a prototype for a couple of christmas presents. i am giving away do-it-yourself-food this year :)

do something new every day

i bought this steamer on sale a few months ago and i never had the nerve to really cook something in it. who knew that it was THAT easy and quick!






of course, ainsley harriott does it much better and if you want the exact recipe you probably should stick to his segment of the series "gourmet express"

i think my two basils made love to each other! how naughty!

you can totally see that the green one now has blossoms like the purple one has and the leaves of the purple one are speckled green!





they totally made out!

they even hold hands most of the time.
well, leaves.

now, will this even work?

okay. this was an impulse purchase. i was at this little indian shop near my home and i bought about everything that looked good to me. but how do i open a bloody coconut?

no idea!


yes, i will get my hammer. that is never a mistake.


i better make a few holes and drain the liquid.
it will be messy anyway but it might be a little less messy if i bash in an empty coconut.


okay, this worked quite well.
i might even succeed with my coconut project!


how do i proceed now?!
aber "wie öffnet man eine kokosnuss?"
thank god for google!

after a few strikes i have a breakthrough!
a little less than 2 minutes!
it is a little skewed, i grant, but i am absolutely amazed!
that was so easy!


all in all it took me less than 5 minutes to tackle my first coconut!

some people are taken aback by the taste because a coconut is not as sweet as your regular bounty bar, but still - i should embark upon such culinary adventures more often!


i am very proud of myself for even buying such a little monstrosity ... bring on the plantain now!

precision work

the opening of my exhibition was yesterday.
it was just wonderful!
perfect!!

i also had a live stream running and it is now archived, if you want to check it out.
but honestly: you just had to be there!

and i'm still overwhelmed by the responses i got! usually i am pretty humble when it comes to me being an artist and i cant even imagine that people take an interest in what i do. though i am loudmouthed, i don't really have *balls* :D yesterday was the perfect mixture of the artsy-fartsy i want to be sometimes and the authenticity i stand for, generally. it was so great to see my friends there and my family too. my mama even made her delicious potato spread for the buffet, everyone loved it! it was a nice culinary experience, as i got a pot of meat from the local kebap vendor too. i want people to come together over food!

i can't even begin to describe how i loved that evening yesterday!

exhibitionist!

*
now that food blogging has become very trendy and many of the bloggers out there are having book deals and all i am very proud to announce that i will have something pretty special coming up too!

i will be showing 40 of my food pictures in a gallery.

i am very proud that i have the opportunity to show my work in a friend's art gallery. though i am not a high-profile food blogger at all dinner for one has had a good run so far, don't you think? and i am in my 5th year already, can you believe this?

granted, i am not as active as i was in the early years, but i am sure i will not put dinner for one asleep just yet. somehow i think there are a few more years of munching ahead!

* i don't want to show you the pictures just yet, my friend! i'll post them here once they are up in the gallery, because i guess most of you will not be able to drop by in person :) so be patient!