November 2009

Cooking club Kort Lontje (short temper… :)

by Simone (junglefrog) on November 28, 2009 · 16 comments

in Kort lontje

Kort Lontje results

Remember back in March when we started for the first time with the cooking course at the Kookstudio Amsterdam? Well, out of that fun group we created a cooking club and last night we came together for the first time to cook in a new location. You have to realize that it is not simple [...]

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Cooking class lesson 5; game

by Simone (junglefrog) on November 18, 2009 · 38 comments

in Food and Drink, Kookstudio Amsterdam

Pheasant wrapped with coppa di parma ready to go in the oven

Let me first start by saying that this post is not for the faint of heart as some of the photos are quite bloody. If you are a vegan or vegetarian probably best not to read on! If you are – however- interested in finding out how to skin a hare then please read on.. [...]

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Tartelette with peas, ham and cheese

by Simone (junglefrog) on November 17, 2009 · 19 comments

in Food and Drink, Recipes

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Hmmm, maybe my plan on eating healthy is not exactly eating anything with puff pastry now is it? Lovely buttery and slightly unhealthy puff pastry… O well, on the plus side; I ate only one of these little darlings! Yesterday I finally received my brand new Macbook pro so I love new toys and I [...]

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Lunch pita and an award!

by Simone (junglefrog) on November 14, 2009 · 23 comments

in Bread, Current Affairs, Food and Drink, Recipes

Healthy lunchpita

I know I’ve talked about health and weight and more of those boring subjects more often, but I keep wanting to be a better person, so … yes, it’s time again to eat healthy and (a little) fatfree. (but not too much mind you) And this week while I was busy running around this perfect [...]

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Cooking class lesson 4; sauce

by Simone (junglefrog) on November 11, 2009 · 18 comments

in Current Affairs, Food and Drink

Me trying to fillet a fish (sole)

I have been told many times that a good sauce is very very important in the kitchen. It brings the dish together and adds an extra dimension to it. So our lesson of yesterday was sauce… The base of most good sauces is a good broth, which you – ofcourse – make yourself from whatever [...]

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Apple walnut clafoutis

by Simone (junglefrog) on November 5, 2009 · 26 comments

in Desserts & other sweets, Food and Drink, Recipes

Apple walnut clafoutis

Before I started blogging I had never heard of clafoutis, let alone tasted one. But I kept seeing gorgeous examples of this incredibly versatile and yet so easy dish around the internet quite often until I decided it was time to try it for myself. The first clafoutis I mad was of the traditional kind. [...]

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Last night we had a lesson in patisserie from Carle Douglas from Douglas Delights. We had a patisserie lesson before from Rob in the first course,  but there is a big difference… Rob is passionate about cooking and everything else except patisserie I would say, while Carle is a master in making desserts and beautiful [...]

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Cooking Italy; Making pizza dough!

by Simone (junglefrog) on November 3, 2009 · 19 comments

in Challenges, Cooking Italy, Food and Drink

Home made pizza!

Let me start by making a confession; I am not a big pizza fan…. Maybe I should be considering that my studio is actually located above the infamous New York Pizza chain!! It also tends to be the first thing that people ask me when they first come to the studio; if I eat a [...]

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Peuterfonds foundation

by Simone (junglefrog) on November 2, 2009 · 4 comments

in Current Affairs

Peuterfonds events Naarden 2009

It’s been almost a year now that Tom, Ruud and Rolf decided to build a foundation that is aimed at giving children with health problems (either mentally or physically) a special day with the main theme being fishing. With all three guys being fanatic fisherman they wanted to do something for the community and so [...]

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Oeuf en Cocotte

by Simone (junglefrog) on November 1, 2009 · 19 comments

in Food and Drink

Oeuf Cocote

I think everyone has moments in a month, a week or a year where cooking seems to take less of a priority due to all sort of different reasons. We’ve lately been having some serious health issues within both Tom’s family as well as my family, which shift the importance of certain things quite dramatically. [...]

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