A different take on the traditional caprese salad. Replace the tomatoes with peaches. I made it first when I was planning a traditional caprese salad and when I took the tomatoes from the bowl I realized they were nectarines, not tomatoes. But hey, just like tomatoes they are red, sweet and somehow sour, so why
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I had this sauce at a wine tasting in Provence, served along the fantastic rosé wines. The taste is not very strong, so it’s really ok to have it in public! After the wine tasting event we bought a few bottles of wine and a small jar of the sauce and it disappeared pretty quickly.
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This is literally one of the best things I ever ate. And cooked. It has so many layers of flavor that it just explodes in your mouth… It’s refreshing and amazingly healthy. A perfect dish for a hot, summer day. I had it in a little bistro in Warsaw (yes, I know, Warsaw is not
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It’s a soup for a very hot day, it’s really more of hydrating product or a smoothie than a soup, but on a hot day you can have it in a bowl, call it a soup and pretend it’s a full meal! It works perfectly on holidays and takes very little time to cook but you
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It’s a sauce to make if you have an overflow of tomatoes, especially overripe and maybe not pretty enough for a tomato carpaccio… The list of ingredients is very short, it’s simple and it tastes like summer. If you like it very much you can have it as a  soup as well.

I know people who like asparagus, but I had to go to Holland to see  that asparagus is almost a religion there (when in season). This is where I had an amazing, home made soup made by Ans (who is almost my some kind of distant family of mine). The soup was so wonderful that
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If you think that making bread is complicated, fear no more. I long lived with that wrong idea in my mind, that yes, I can do it, but it will be long, complicated and require a lot of kneading and so it is just so much easier to go to a bakery and get some
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It is a perfect, refreshing summer drink. To be precise it is also a snack. The sweetness of the fruit comes through to the drink and the tartness of the drink mellows the sweet taste of the fruit. A perfect combination. Just make sure to drink it slowly so that the tastes have the time
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Purslane is a fast growing, super healthy weed. It has lots of vitamins, omega acids and minerals. And on top of that it has a rich, interesting taste! During our stay in Provence, it was available at a local veggie producer’s store so I bought it without hesitating. And I loved it! Now I will
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A hint of summer you can introduce into your life all year round. This magic marinade will make anyone like zucchini. Add fresh bread and a glass of cold white wine and you will be asking yourself why they don’t serve it in fancy restaurants (or maybe they do, but they don’t tell you it’s
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