Late winter / early spring in Helsinki is not the greatest time of the year. After months of pristine winter weather, long brisk walks on the ice-covered sea become treacherous affairs. Snow turns into a dirty, shoe-ruining slush and everybody seems to come down with a cold.
Hearty stews are a great antidote and survival strategy. [...]

Deep South meets Singapore in this dish I cooked for Anna in her kitchen the other day when I was still too depressed to use mine in the middle of a construction site. I’m sure soft shell crabs are a treat outside the Southern States too - Louisiana and Mississippi especially, but that’s where I [...]

My apartment is still a mess because of the water damage, but I got my laptop back, and even managed to whip up something despite the debris around me. Today’s recipe may not be top cuisine - it’s definitely not what I had in my mind before I started cooking - but the end result [...]

Sorry for not updating the site in a while. The contractors working on the renovations of my building flooded my apartment last week. They had to remove the hardwood flooring from the whole apartment to allow the underlying concrete to dry. That’ll take a fortnight or so during which I’m not really able to cook [...]

Today we’re celebrating two years of Doughboy!

Well, not doughboy the blog, but the Real Doughboy - me :) I was flipping through some old albums, and found this picture of me baking - foodie code for the ultimate access to raw dough ;) The picture was taken in early spring 1978, which would make me [...]