Thinking About the Future in Ubud

I haven’t been sharing much lately, and there have been two reasons: First, I have been blessed with the most beautiful project – I am working with a big German publishers on a vegan cookbook. Their PR department won’t allow me to share more yet but I hope to very …
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2013/11/04 Tags: 5 Comments

Shopping for Lunch in the Forest

  In Autumn, one of the fun things about living next to a forest is that you can go and “shop” for lunch without needing a penny. Margit, my lovely new friend at Höllbachhof, showed me how to identify the yummiest mushrooms ever: ceps and their “poor relative” the bay …
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2013/09/22 Tags: , , , , , No comments

How Local is Local? My Five Principles.

  Little did I realize as I lightheadedly declared I would only eat local food for a year that it would be so complicated. Not only today’s global food chain but also centuries of food trading throughout the world make it difficult to really understand how local local is. So …
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2013/07/01 Tags: , , , No comments

How Sustainable are our “Healthy” Diets? An Experiment.

Quinoa from South America, Ayurvedic spices from India, ginger from China and dried figs from Turkey: today’s healthy diets are not exactly planet-friendly, I find. And can it really be healthy to eat grains, spices and other foods that grow on the other side of the planet? Wouldn’t the food …
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2013/06/14 3 Comments

Höllbachhof: The Most Beautiful Kitchen in The World

  Suddenly I knew. Suddenly it was crystal clear that it was time to go home and settle down again. That little moment came sometime in January in Chiang Mai and I also immediately knew where “home” was going to be: Höllbachhof. The old farmhouse that lies on the border …
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2013/05/07 2 Comments