Grilled Pizza (Flammkuchen) with Potato, Red Onion, and Gouda Cheese

Crispy, smoky, and packed with flavour—this grilled Flammkuchen-style pizza features potato, red onion, crème fraîche, and young Gouda. Learn how to grill it to perfection or bake it in your oven, with tips for freezing dough, customizing toppings, and reheating leftovers correctly.

Flame-grilled Salmon with a Nordic Rub

The first time I had flame-grilled salmon was at a Christmas market in Hamburg. The salmon fillet was placed on a wooden plank, secured with a metal clip, and angled to lean over a blazing wood fire grill. Watching the salmon cook over an open fire, accompanied by a mouth-watering aroma, and eating it outdoors…

Flambéed shrimp with homemade fettuccine in lemon sauce

Fresh pasta is well worth the effort, and the process is not that difficult—especially if you have a KitchenAid pasta attachment or similar equipment. Making it all by hand is equally soulful, if not more so. This dish uses a David Rocco recipe, a Canadian chef with Italian roots who has fed and entertained us…

Roasted Prime Rib Low & Slow

One of the most important relationships you need in life is with a butcher (unless you‘re vegan or vegetarian). Ralph has two, and they are also farmers. One is at our local Friday farmer’s market with Ralf Stoffers (but we call him the ‘Lamb Guy’) and the other is with Günter Feddern who has a…