Sourdough rye bread

Here is a picture of my dearly beloved sourdough rye bread that I made this evening.

I adore baking bread. It makes my happy and others around me, too.

A cat moment

Here is another cat moment. I do get them fairly often.

Cats of Greek Islands is a fabulous book by Hans Silvester.
I remember going through it time and again when growing up.
As you have probably guessed by now - I do have a soft spot for cats.

Other things in life

I do love cooking sincerely but it is not the only love in my life.

Drawing is something I enjoy very much, always have. How good I am at it is an other opera.

To round it up - I very, very much like flowers.

Old acquaintance Pittas

Pittas Halloumi is an old acquaintance from the time we lived in Cyprus.
So, the watermelon and halloumi salad is a bit of a nostalgic thing for me. A very tasty one at that.

There are two books where Cyprus features that I like very much.

Journeying:Travels in Italy, Egypt, Sinai and Cyprus by Nikos Kazantzakis is the first one.

Bitter Lemons by Lawrence Durrell is the second.

Summer is nearing

Weather here is teetering towards summer. Thus there was an other salad for lunch on todays menu. This time it was of a melon and shrimp variety.

This stunning cupola was in Samarkand, Uzbekistan - a country were salad was served with every meal at every place.

Marzamemi

First time I ate this very simple salad in one lovely restaurant in Marzamemi, Sicilia.
It has become one of my firm favourites.

Bella paese Sicilia it self is one of my firm favourites!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lNsc0zqxC0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0jA3O3i99U

I guess many can recognise these tunes.

Asparagus and strawberries

As asparagus season is about to end here I took my (probably) last chance at making asparagus and garlic pasta.

To everyone's delight strawberry season is in full swing.

So I had strawberries with yoghurt and biscotti for a desert.

And just to finish off with something nice - picture of wild flowers my husband took on his last trip across Australia this September.