Inspired by the latest wine event dedicated to food and wine pairing, and having received the recipe from Larisa, I made a chocolate cake. It is wonderfully simple with a heavenly dark chocolate flavour, yet at the same time slightly fiddly in the baking process. I made it twice to achieve a smooth brown surface without cracks. What I like is that there's no need for flour.
Inspired by Mārtiņš Rītiņš's TV show "What Could Be Better Than This?", where one could learn about a rather unusual little fish, today we cooked haddock. It is a white-flesh fish from the cold, deep waters of Iceland. Not fatty, not cheap, but tremendously tasty.
Shortly after the Midsummer holiday, so that the stomach would not forget how it had been pampered, a friend invited me over for a cocktail evening. The centre of attention was the strawberry daiquiri. The day weather-wise was not very lucky - overcast and even drizzling a fine rain. So we sipped the cold daiquiri and mused that there would be nothing better on a properly hot summer evening. Well, the hot days and evenings are here. Let's mix a strawberry daiquiri!
