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March 9, 2021

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July´s Book Club is now up on the blog! 🌸 📖

July´s Book Club is now up on the blog! 🌸 📖 🌸
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And out of the three books I read in July, Still Life with a Bridle is definitely the most beautiful one, so I crowned it with some dried flowers for this picture. Written by Polish poet Zbigniew Herbert, it will give you an intimate glance into Dutch society and dare I say? psyche. Read about how tulip mania came to be or how painter Torrentius´ persecution deprived humanity of what must have been truly breathtaking art. The full article is on the blog and the link in bio!
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Crispy, slightly spicy and coated in pomegranate s

Crispy, slightly spicy and coated in pomegranate sauce. It´s my friend Julie´s roasted chicken which she prepared for this #guestchefseries. Potatoes are roasted with the help of the chicken fat dripping onto them and then dipped into even more pomegranate sauce. It´s simple, fast and up on the blog for you to check out! Link in bio! 🍗⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Amsterdam lovers, unite! My "Exploring Amsterdam i

Amsterdam lovers, unite! My "Exploring Amsterdam in 3 Days" article is up on the blog and the link is in bio. Follow my itinerary of culture, food, drinks and shopping and make the most out of a long weekend trip to the city of over 160 canals. 🌷 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Let´s talk 🍕 ! Are you the experimenting type

Let´s talk 🍕 ! Are you the experimenting type or do you stick to the same old, same old? I feel like I have decade long pizza preferences. The ´90s were all about prosciutto e funghi for me, I seriously don´t think I tried any other flavour. The´ 00s were about Hawaii (and I am not ashamed to say it). The ´10s were about Diavola and the ´20s might just be about prosciutto and fig pizza. What´s your favourite 🍕 at the moment? And would you try this one? If so, find the whole recipe on the blog!
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#homemade #foodporn #foodie #instafood #foodgram #nextbestfoodie #foodblogger #foodblog #foodphotography #foodstylingandphotography #foodstyling #choiceofmagic #italian #italy #italianfood #pizza #prosciutto #prosciuttopizza #fig #figsonpizza #colourfulpizza #pizzamagic #lifeofPIzza #lunch #dinner #dietacurcubeu🌈 #dietacurcubeu

Last week my amazing fellow book lover friend, @ep

Last week my amazing fellow book lover friend, @epilogue.book.girl tagged me to do the #midyearreadingchallenge and I´ve been thinking about it ever since! I usually only look back on the books I read at the end of the year, but it was really nice to stop now, and think of the books I read, the new genres I explored, and the new authors I surprisingly fell in love with. So here goes the retrospective!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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21! I was hoping to reach half my goal of 50 for 2021, but I am slightly behind! 🙈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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3 so far! Not ready to give any of them up, though, so I´m hoping to pick them back up before EOY! 👻⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Dubliners by James Joyce. I had really high expectations from Joyce, and I still do. I just think this was not the book to get me hooked. I think instead of short stories, I´ll just need to go for one of his novels! 😓⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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4! But I have to admit I only picked up one of those four, consciously remembering I had read it before. 🍉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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This #homemadeMonday I´m going to leave you with

This #homemadeMonday I´m going to leave you with only the BEST couscous dish out there. I first tried a similar combination in Berlin, many years back, and now I thought of spicing it up a bit, and sharing it with you. Check out the blog (link in bio) for the super simple and scrumptious recipe while I continue sampling all the best Amsterdam food.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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#homemade #foodporn #foodie #instafood #foodgram #nextbestfoodie #foodblogger #foodblog #foodphotography #foodstylingandphotography #foodstyling #romanianchef #choiceofmagic #couscous #halloumi #cheese #apricots #driedtomatoes #mint #couscousdish #healthyrecipe #lowcalorie #healthydinner #healthylunch #vegetarian #dietacurcubeu

Oh, that Amsterdam light. Even as the rain started

Oh, that Amsterdam light. Even as the rain started to fall (see the last two pictures), I still felt like posing in front of the beautiful Rijksmuseum building. And I seriously don´t know if it´s good or bad that I didn´t plan this trip in detail, cause like this I am stopping at every street corner to snap yet another picture, drink yet another cappuccino and stare at another waffle.
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Have you been to Amsterdam yet? If you have, what was your favourite thing about the city?
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Pears wrapped in prosciutto and dipped in mango ch

Pears wrapped in prosciutto and dipped in mango chutney? 🍐
I think I died and got to heaven. These little appetisers are super easy to make (you just need pears, Brie cheese, prosciutto and chutney) and will be the hit of any dinner party or homemade brunch. Find the (super easy) how to on the blog.
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#homemade #foodporn #foodie #instafood #foodgram #nextbestfoodie #foodblogger #foodblog #foodphotography #foodstylingandphotography #foodstyling #romanianchef #choiceofmagic #prosciutto #appetisers #spicy #dinnerparty #pear #pearswrappedinprosciutto #brie #cheese #briecheese #homemadeMonday #homemade #prettydish #brunch #brunchideas

What´s your beach read recommendation? 🏖 📖

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This month instead of our regular book club (and since for once I haven´t finished one single book) I thought of just bringing you five book recommendations that are fantastic beach reads! So go on to the blog, or to the link in bio for the full article! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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You might have seen a cartoon rat 🐭 cooking rat

You might have seen a cartoon rat 🐭 cooking ratatouille, but this #homemadeMonday ´s #guestchef is actually my 97 year old adoptive Nonna, a lovely French grandma who has been making this dish for literally almost a century. So head over to the blog for the full recipe. 🥕🫑🍆🍅⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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What exciting thing did you do this weekend? I wal

What exciting thing did you do this weekend? I walked around. A lot. With lovely new and old friends. I had ice cream and wine, a great burger and cake. I visited a new museum and watched an exciting race, and felt very much alive and lucky to be living in Lisbon. How about you? How´s your summer going? 🍉🍦🍹⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Dear Instagram community, please say "ciao" to thi

Dear Instagram community, please say "ciao" to this #homemadeMonday - the colourful minestrone, an ancient soup dating from the Roman empire. Minestrone can be made (as many Italian dishes) with pretty much any veggies you have in the fridge 🍅 🥕🥦🍆🧅🧄🥒, but my recipe relies on celery, carrots, zucchini, beans and spinach, along with the versatile orecchiette pasta. So what do you say? Will you give it a chance? 🇮🇹⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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