Summer. Sun. Straw hats. A garden party and a heavenly berry crumble. With handpicked raspberries and blackberries from grandma’s patch. Add a few fresh strawberries and this fruity dream is complete. Summertime is berry time!
The one thing I definitely miss in Vienna? The Dornbirn and Vorarlberg mountains I grew up with. When you’re standing on top of one, it gives you an incredible, almost indescribable feeling of freedom and space. It just opens my heart and it tends to make me whoop loudly into my echo. One of the mountain guides once said to me: “Never forget, breathe through your nose.” He probably wanted me to consciously take in my environment and use all of my senses. Leave the daily grind behind, be in the now – drink in the mountain, the space, the beauty of nature and the spicy mountain air. Sometimes a faint whiff of snow will tickle your nose or the aroma of meadows and fir trees will envelop you if you hold still.
Eva Fischer (Foodtastic) & Eva Fischer (sound:frame) = Eva Fischer² It’s finally here – the video of our AUGEN.OHREN.SCHMAUS premiere, part of the “Vienna Design Cook” opening event 2016.
Last weekend in the countryside around Salzburg offered everything you could ever want from a summer holiday: lake swimming, riding in a boat, canyoning, picnics, BBQs, eating, hanging out and relaxing. The idyllic backdrop of Seeham and Seeleiten across the lake gave the participants lots of culinary inspiration. Between Friday and Sunday though, the guests were enjoying the Dolce Vita. Swimming in the Obertrumer lake was a refreshing break from the peaking temperatures and the stunning scenery was duly honoured and toasted to with copious food and drink.
Are you a fan of paleo or gluten-free recipes? These currently very trendy diets are ever present in my own kitchen, partly due to my coeliac disease but also my desire to experiment. Here, I’ve baked some sublime paleo buns and topped them with beef patties. Have a taste!
One early morning in the Villa Villekulla, Pippi Longstocking invented a new word: SPLUNK. Of course this had to be a thing. So Pippi, Tommy and Annika start looking for it. They ask at the local candy store and the ironmonger in town. Unfortunately, neither one of them sells any splunk. Might the splunk be a disease of some kind? The three friends visit a doctor. But the doctor can’t find anything wrong, certainly nothing splunky. But just as Pippi makes her way home, a splunk crosses her path. She almost didn’t see the little bug and nearly stepped on it – this could only be a splunk, Pippi was certain …
This recipe is my personal summer favourite. It’s quick, light and delicious: zucchini noodles, also called zoodles. The only tool you need to create this wondrous veggie pasta is a spiralizer or julienne peeler.
„The earth has music for those who listen“ – George Santayana When I was wandering around Vienna’s Yppenmarkt during the Vienna Foodie Quest festival recently, I was overwhelmed by the colourful beauty of the produce and flowers on offer. Bright petals in all colours of the rainbow, shiny red and yellow tomatoes, rare and unusual herbs, lavender as far as the eye could see – and my absolute favourite: the Chioggia beet, a red and white striped root vegetable.
Today is a very special day! I can finally introduce my new cookbook “LIFE CHANGING FOOD” or LFC to you. It is the culmination of a year and a half of brainstorming, intense weeks of cooking, styling and photographing food and creating new recipes. And now I can finally share this most exciting of news. Try it now – apply to be a tester and testimonial for the LCF principle and try my 21-day program before anyone else. The most inspiring statements and posts will be included in my book, which is available to buy from the 5th of September.
In Austria, it’s the Wiener Schnitzel. In London it’s definitely fish and chips. And you just have to try it with coconut flour and desiccated coconut. It’s fish and chips with a slightly exotic touch and you will love it!
A few months ago, I received an exciting, nutrition-related request – to photograph green smoothies in all their variety for nutritionist Roman Firnkranz’s first book.
Last weekend, I officially launched this year’s BBQ season with some friends. Finally, summer is upon us and it’s time to throw some stuff on the grill. Today, I’ve got some meaty tips for your own early summer BBQ.
