Now this is where I stumbled оnto problems. And not because the brownie was particularly hard to make. Simply the dulce de leche is a bitch to find here in Bulgaria. So after searching in many shops, and speaking to sales people who looked at me like I am speaking some alien language, I gave…

Since I have an enormous passion for food, I often end up cooking a lot of things at once. And since there is no one to eat them at home, that often stops me from making what I want to make. This is why I love baking for my colleagues, especially since I started working…

So, the famous Creme Brûlée. It is a famous French dessert, or English desert – depending on the point of view (Creme Anglaise). And while it is heavenly tasty, and the recipe for it is at the level of a kindergartner’s remembering skills: it requires knowledge of cooking egg creams, which I do not have,…

The Madeleines are traditional French cookies. Small sponge-like cakes with the  typical shape of shells. The story goes that Louis XV called this tiny pastry “Madeleine” for the first time in 1755 in honor of his father-in-law’s cook Paulmier Madeleine. Is this true? I do not know, however, I know they are not just delicious, but…

Today’s modest – yet very delicious dinner is: roasted salmon with potato salad and lettuce salad sides. Salmon is not a food that is widely popular here in Bulgaria, and it only became a thing few years ago.  Yet, as I found out, this is my favorite fish to have in any form and moreover…