Cosmo Cooking

A friend of mine used to work for the German Chamber of Commerce somewhere in the world, far away from home. In spring, he was charged to organise the chamber’s annual asparagus dinner, which included the direct import of white asparagus from Germany. Unbelievable? No, because Germans are simply crazy about asparagus!

Well, even I cannot elude the phenomenon either. Even after having spent years abroad, which has marked me in so many ways, I realise every spring how damn much I am still German. The sight of white asparagus just makes my heart jump. Who would have guessed that?

Maybe my … Continue Reading

Courgette soup, a delicious soup. Good for your shape.

Ingredients

• 2 leeks
• 2 zucchinis
• 25 gr butter
• 1 l chicken stock
• green pesto
• Parmesan cheese

Fry two sliced leeks and two diced zucchini about 8 minutes in 25 g butter. Add one liter chicken stock (or vegetable broth for the vegetarian version) and cook about 20 minutes. Continue Reading

The best way to obtain a good recipe is to get one of your friend’s favorites. Or even better, when your friend even got it from a good friend. When my friend started backing this pie, in fact he started with la haute cuisine expérimentale. Though he abandoned now the experimental adding of tuna to random recipes, you might find that this recipe is one of those classic recipes, of which the simplicity is its strength. I can almost refer to the Minimalist who is the expert in making beautiful things with a minimal amount of … Continue Reading