Red Thai Curry
Red Thai Curry

This red thai curry combines fresh, savory and sweet tastes with different consistencies in an exotic, aromatic and wholesome meal. In the places where I have lived so far, Thai curry is still sufficiently special for most people, but also simple enough to make once some basic aspects are paid attention to: The flavor and key ingredients that are described below.

A lot of information from this rather lengthy recipe covering many details can also make other (Thai) curries better and more authentic. This recipe basically contains my iterative learning from cooking curries approx. every 2 weeks for the last couple of years.

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Banana Bread
Banana Bread

There’s one cake that I would eat at almost any occasion without feeling guilty - banana bread.

From hiking trips via Lacrosse matches and house parties to mining operations and stressful project work, banana bread always is a great snack. Especially when it is not so sweet and with the right amount of crispiness as in this recipe. After further optimizing it step by step and measuring the ingredients, now the time has come to finally share it with you.

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Taste of Paradise
Taste of Paradise

I generally enjoy mixing and drinking different cocktails, but there is a specific one that I like to serve at a variety of occasions. Almost everyone likes Mojitos, but they’re too mainstream to be special. Luckily, I came across a delicious “variation” of these longdrinks with passion fruit. The taste is suitable for most taste buds, but still exotic enough to surprise.

Learn how to create the “Taste of Paradise”, what to do when ingredients are missing and why I like it so much :-)

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Pad Thai (ผัดไทย)
Pad Thai (ผัดไทย)

Pad Thai already sounds like Thailand. However, the short form that is used nowadays only means “Thai Stir Fry”. It is abbreviated from “Kway Teow Pad Thai“, in which “Kway Teow” is a Chinese word for rice noodles and thus hinting at the Chinese influence on the dish. You can find Pad Thai anywhere in Thailand - from street stalls to fancy restaurants and by now also all around the world. As the full name suggests, Pad Thai is not as old and traditional as you may think though.

Find out about the history of these stir fried rice noodles, the different variations and which ingredients and flavours distinguish it. Recipes both for an authentic and a less exotic vegetarian Pad Thai follow towards the end of post - or straight via the link in the table of contents.

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