I have been in need of comfort lately. Much more than usual, the events in Connecticut and the ensuing discussions throughout the US have shaken me to the bones. I long for comfort food, family dinners in pretty decorated dining rooms, some chatter with my husband and child and a sense of normality in such ...

My dear foodie friend Emiko Davies and her wonderful husband Marco are having a baby! Yup, a little girl and very soon, just around Christmas time. Today her other dear foodie friends throughout Europe: Giulia from Tuscany, Regula from Belgium, Zita from Hungary, Valeria from Venice lives in London, Sarka from the Czech Republic also ...

Trailing through the market on a Saturday not yet ready for the heavy winter vegetables I was undecided what to buy. And then there was a stand in the third row of the market, between a man selling socks on one side and vacuum cleaner bags and parts on the other: mushroom paradise! A young ...