Ukraine has always been high on our list to visit for our Bread Project Wolrdwide. Unfortunately we can't go there now and we all know why. Nevertheless, we would like to give bakers from Ukraine a place in our special photo project. Especially now!

This bok choy (paksoi) dish can be prepared in less than 10 minutes and is among the easiest, most tasty preparations of cruciferous greens imaginable. It pairs beautifully with almost any Asian dish, but I prefer it on its own, with a bowl of rice.

This bok choy (paksoi) dish can be prepared in less than 10 minutes and is among the easiest, most tasty preparations of cruciferous greens imaginable. It pairs beautifully with almost any Asian dish, but I prefer it on its own, with a bowl of rice.

Tuscans are known as mangiafagioli (‘bean-eaters)’) and this filling soup has a long history in rural Tuscany where big pots were cooked in farmers’ families so that this delicacy could be enjoyed for days on end by re-heating the soup prepared in advance.

One of the things I like to do when I stay on our hill in France, is browse botanical books. An activity I don't have the time for in the Netherlands - or at least that's what I tell myself - but allow myself in France.

I once asked for a ‘Turkish coffee’ in an extremely cozy little café in Beirut, Lebanon. The owner faced me with a friendly though unmistakable stare of admonition. ‘It’s called ‘Arabic coffee’, madam’. So this time, traveling the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and knowing I wanted to write about coffee, I decided to educate myself first.

He lights a candle and nods us again with that irresistibly friendly face. Then, he visits to the small synagogue, once used by the Nazis as a storage place for, among other things fire extinguishers.

You may want to include more cruciferous vegetables in your diet, both for their health benefits as well as their ability to grow fast in almost all places. I will add a recipe every Monday.

Ik onderstreep vaak in boeken als iets mij raakt. En dat vind ik tegelijkertijd altijd zonde. Voelt toch een beetje als verminken van die zorgvuldig opgemaakte pagina’s. Zeker als je het – zoals ik gisteren – doet in het zonnetje in de tuin, waardoor je warm geworden goedkope pen nog gaat lekken ook. Deze keer was het een boek waarin ik wel aan de gang kon blijven, met mijn vlekkende streepjes.