Sticky Toffee Pudding

Jan. 19, 2013, 7:58 a.m. | by Adriano Petrich | Categories: dessert Scotland sweets | comments

Fitting in

This is my new life in Scotland! It does look like the old life in São Paulo, doesn’t? The truth is I think that you move faster than you change. One of the things that gives me the creeps is Brazilians that move abroad and 6 months later come back unable to adapt and missing home food ...

Scotland I AM ON YOU

Jan. 4, 2013, 5:34 p.m. | by Adriano Petrich | Categories: Moving Scotland | comments

Dundee or bust

My wife got a grant to do her PhD in the University of Dundee, so in a very short time we stashed some stuff, sold a lot of other stuff and packed a somewhat reduced list of more stuff that would fit four 32 kg suitcases and parted for Dundee, UK.

We are gonna stay here for ...

Shoga Gari: Japanese ginger pickle thinguie

Nov. 13, 2012, 6:48 p.m. | by Adriano Petrich | Categories: easy garnish german vegetarian | comments

When you have it you have to use it

Some time ago I stumbled on a bunch of the new season ginger on the Asian market close by my place. And by “some time ago” I mean almost an year ago (this is one of those posts that stay forever on my backlog).

I love the new season ginger for ...

The German Vegetarian tag

Oct. 30, 2012, 4:46 p.m. | by Adriano Petrich | Categories: announcements fingertips german vegetarian tags | comments

The single most popular request that I get

Yup. First thing I thought was you people take me for someone else. An obvious case of mistaken identity, I guess, but it got me thinking. It could do a kind of a flag into the post that said veggie or not, or a sub-blog something on the line of veggie.secreteproject ...

My new addiction Iced Tea

Oct. 22, 2012, 1:13 p.m. | by Adriano Petrich | Categories: drink fingertips german vegetarian tea | comments

The story so far

Disclaimer: This is a somewhat silly personal post. It deals with my addictions. It is not like you really need instructions to make iced tea.

Since last November I’ve cut down a little on my intake of Coke Zero. I went from 2 to 3 liters a day for the last 15 years (you can ...

Dutch food: Chicken Satay (Kip saté)

Oct. 15, 2012, 1:15 p.m. | by Adriano Petrich | Categories: chicken Dutch fingertips Indonesia satay | comments

Amazing food from Indonesia

Wait what? Did you say Dutch food? Yup: Satay is a traditional Netherlands food from Indonesia. Indonesia used to be a Dutch colony, remember all that Dutch East and West India Companies and so on? Somehow their colony empire relationship was very different from what we had between Brazil and Portugal.

In Indonesian cuisine saté(satay ...

Sardines!

Oct. 8, 2012, 6 a.m. | by Adriano Petrich | Categories: ban fingertips sardines sushi | comments

My love-love affair with Sardines

This is probably one of those problematic posts. I love sardines, most people don’t. I get it. I could say that you’ve never had it like $FOOBAR, but that is not true.

I like them fresh, I like them in cans, I would like them here or there.

There are, though, two ways ...

Memories of Lille, the Tarte flamande

Oct. 2, 2012, 11:39 a.m. | by Adriano Petrich | Categories: fingertips France german vegetarian Lille tarte flamande | comments

The high point of my lunch time in Lille

Last year I was in Lille, France. Some of the surprises, both good and meh, was the food.

It was very hard to get really hot spiced food, and I’ve tried. On the other hand I had great bacon, wonderful cheeses, bread, found madeleines to be sold in bags, nutella ...

Fingertips

Oct. 1, 2012, 6:11 p.m. | by Adriano Petrich | Categories: fingertips | comments

WAIT WHAT?

Perfect is the enemy of good. (probably Voltaire)

Of lately I’ve been working in three jobs, although I love what I do, it has been taking a huge amount of my mind to be able to post my backlog (Yes I have one).

So instead of posting full blown articles I will be doing more frequent simple ...

The Best Food I've had in the USA: Mustard Seeds Pickle

June 4, 2012, 11:59 p.m. | by Adriano Petrich | Categories: condiments easy german vegetarian | comments

My Experience with Food in the US of A

First of all: DISCLAIMER: I should not need to say it, but all of this are my limited experience (I did stay mostly in Virginia and North Carolina ,not the WHOLE USA), my biased views and above all my little minded ..huh.. mind.

So no way around it: Food sucks in ...

The Amazing DryIcecream

Feb. 13, 2012, 8:24 p.m. | by Adriano Petrich | Categories: dryice german vegetarian icecream molecular gastronomy | comments

Oops, I molecular gastronomed¹ again

So there is this molecular gastronomy thing called Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream, which addresses the nemesis of home making Ice Cream: Large Ice Crystals.

The idea is the faster you cool something the smaller the crystals. What is the coolest cool of all? Liquid Helium that boils at 4.2 K. But it is ...

Kimpira: Sautéed spicy Burdock(Gobo) root

Feb. 7, 2012, 6:54 p.m. | by Adriano Petrich | Categories: german vegetarian Japanese Starters sushi | comments

Get it out of your system: It is a different ingredient.

Burdock (Bardana in Portuguese or Gobo in Japanese) is a long root root that when sautéed becomes this wonderful and tasty dish called Kimpira.

I have no idea how difficult (or easy) it is to find it where you live, but if you do it is worth it.

The ...

Michui the Lebanese kebab in the Brazilian way

Jan. 27, 2012, 3:04 p.m. | by Adriano Petrich | Categories: Brazil easy lebanese | comments

A simple clarification of names

Here in Brazil (or São Paulo to be more specific) we call shish kebab a michui. A Döner is a kebab, a Shawarma is a greek barbecue.

See simple!

That if the shish kebab is done with morsels of meat, if it is ground meat it becomes a kafta

And the secret ingredient is:

Simply ...

Mimolette: French cheese with mites

Oct. 18, 2011, 11:58 p.m. | by Adriano Petrich | Categories: cheese France german vegetarian Lille | comments

It is one of those foods

You know. In a party or group of friends some one comes with the “did you know that people eat….” Corn fungus (huitlacoche, I did and liked it) , ant’s larvae (escamoles also delicious) , coffee shat by small mammals and so on and on.

Well this cheese is made with mites on the surface ...

Fassbrause

Oct. 16, 2011, 8:55 a.m. | by Adriano Petrich | Categories: Germany german vegetarian travel | comments

A German beer soft drink

Have you ever thought “Hey I wish I had a beer tasting non-alcoholic soft drink”?

I haven’t.

Never.

I’m Brazilian. Our beer is pretty much a soft drink.

The literal translation is keg brew. It is a non alcoholic soft drink made with malt extract and fruit juices (I assume).

Yeah, that’s ...

Travel blogging again

Oct. 15, 2011, 10:57 p.m. | by Adriano Petrich | Categories: travel | comments

So here we are again. A new round of travel blogging. Have fun!

Ceviche for a hot day

Sept. 3, 2011, 7:15 p.m. | by Adriano Petrich | Categories: Americas ceviche easy fish no cooking | comments

Easy as pie, only easier

Ceviche is by far, one of my favorite dishes for a hot day.

Besides the fish that has to be absolutely fresh, all the ingredients either you already have it or are simple to get, no need for a large kitchen or weird equipment.

A cutting board + knife, a Bowl and a fridge (or cool ...

French Fries in a Pressure Cooker

July 5, 2011, 1:31 p.m. | by Adriano Petrich | Categories: deep fry french fries german vegetarian potatoes pressure cooker sidedishes | comments

Brazilians and Pressure Cookers

At first glance it seems that we love them. Almost every single house has one. The typical smell and sound of a Brazilian home is beans being cooked in a pressure cooker.

Truth to be told is that we have a LOVE-FEAR affair with them.

Most houses do have one, but most people are a little ...

Sfeeha on the easy

June 26, 2011, 6:39 p.m. | by Adriano Petrich | Categories: easy lebanese meat | comments

Sfeeha on a pita

I got this idea from this post on taste of Beirut

I instantly fell in love with the idea. It was so simple and beautiful. I had to try it.

Sfeeha is a meat filling on a dough. (I’ve talked about them briefly before)

Sfeehas in Brazil comes in two ways. Open and closed ones ...

Brazilian snacks: Coxinha

May 14, 2011, 9:42 p.m. | by Adriano Petrich | Categories: Brazil coxinha snacks | comments

Brazilian’s deep love affair for Salgadinhos

tl;dr I am digressing about it, in a later post I will give a recipe.

We even have a word for it: Salgadinhos. (translated literally to: small savory things)

Here is one thing that makes Brazilians Brazilians: Salgadinhos. If you ever come here and try to know the culture this is something ...

Baked Camembert with Pistachios

May 5, 2011, 11:55 a.m. | by Adriano Petrich | Categories: brie camembert cheese easy german vegetarian snack | comments

Camembert and Brie

Although they look pretty much the same they vary a lot in flavor. My alliance has changed over the years, when I was younger I was more of a Brie person.. Nowadays Camembert has been often my choice.

And in all counts doesn’t matter.. It is a little more difficult to find small Bries? Yeah it ...

5 minutes squid

March 27, 2011, 11:15 a.m. | by Adriano Petrich | Categories: 5 ingredients or less easy garlic parsley Provence seafood squid | comments

Squid!

This is what I do when I’m in a need of a simple dish¹.

The order is as follow: Cut the squid, cut the garlic, mix both. Finely cut the parsley (you will not have time later). Heat the pan on infernal heat, add the squid and garlic, salt to taste. 3 minutes. turn of heat add ...

The whipped cream bottle challenge

March 26, 2011, 3:31 p.m. | by Adriano Petrich | Categories: Brazil dialogs shopping | comments

I decided yesterday that I arrived in one of those points in live that in order to move on you have to have a whipped cream maker bottle.
That and Aline is travelling.

So as I was in a mall I took my chances and went to a “posh gourmet shop”. Let it be known that it was all my ...

Summer harvest: Fresh Guava Juice

Feb. 9, 2011, 2:14 p.m. | by Adriano Petrich | Categories: Brazil german vegetarian guava hotday juice refreshing | comments

The guava tree

Finally! The first ones are ready for picking!

When we moved in 3 years ago one of our first important decisions was which fruit bearing trees should we have. We didn’t have much space so we had to choose 3 trees wisely.

The lemon tree was easy, but it is in a large flower pot not ...

Carbonara and the importance of good bacon

Jan. 29, 2011, 12:36 a.m. | by Adriano Petrich | Categories: Bacon Italian Love pasta | comments

Good news everybody: I am picky

And nothing gets my pet-peeve silly brain going into overdrive better than Carbonara. Just to thicken the plot I am always after a great spaghetti Carbonara.

If the ingredients are not stated in the menu, rest assured that I will ask for them and if the waiter says cream I will grimace.

It is ...

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