So what is this all about, a Gourmet Traveller 88 cookbook??? Haven’t heard you mentioned it at all!

Autumn has arrived, I took my camera out to capture the beautiful colors of the Fall before it dimishes. The different grading of yellow/ orange of the leaves brightens up the surroundings.
 
Ruin Pfeffingen
 
Taken in our …

Kaisendon (Japanese sashimi rice bowl)
as seen in #5592 foodgawker/ 25.09.08; #22856 TasteSpotting/ 30.09.08
I love sushi and sashimi!!! Last week I was craving them again. Instead of going out and eating in a Japanese restaurant, I made kaisendon at …

Freezing self-grown basil herbs (basil) in ice cube trays for winter use
as seen in #21975 TasteSpotting/18.09.08; #5524 foodgawker/18.09.08
 
This year the summer was over in Switzerland rather early, I remembered when I first arrived Basel three years ago, …

Yesterday was Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival, this is one of the most important Chinese festivals, it falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month. We usually take this opportunity for family unions, therefore it is also …

 as seen in #21146-TasteSpotting/07.09.08
 
Yesterday feeling a bit homesick and have made Guotie* (chinese version) or Gyoza* (Japanese version), a type of Jiaozi* (chinese dumpling).
The recipe I used is adapted from a cookbook I recently bought called ‘Harumi’s Japanese Cooking’. …