Barbie – The icon

Who doesn’t know Barbie? You can have endless discussions about the value of this puppet in kids education – but at least it was, is and will be part of many many childhoods. I only had one Barbie puppet. I was playing outside most of the time and Barbie puppets with their long hair weren’t really made for getting in contact with the „real world“.

But I had a lot of friends with not only one but many, many Barbies and of course they were owning also all the respective accessories as well. Horses, cars, houses, airplanes, camper and…Kens. Just what you need in life to be a happy Barbie.

So when I heard about the Barbie exhibition in Milan I was more than curious to see how you can fill a whole exhibition with the life of this puppet. Well you can and it was quite interesting. Especially to see how Barbie developed during the year. Of course fashion wise but also considering her face expressions and body shape.

More about the exhibition: http://www.mudec.it

 

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Salmon and Gin

I am stoked! By my own food… It just happened.

I just wanted to finish some blog posts I was working on when I decided to have a quick lunch. Supermarket – Fresh salmon, some herbs, yoghurt and a cucumber. Back home I started preparing the salmon when the cucumber was looking at me screaming: GIN, GIN…

I can`t help myself but since a while Gin is one of my favorite drinks when going out. It is a super various drink and combinations are endless…but thats another story. Anyway cucumber is one of many good supplements for a Gin Tonic and apparently my brain is linking that innocent vegetable almost automatically with Gin.

As a while ago we already had the idea of creating a GIN-Menu (variety and so on…) I started experimenting with the following ingredients:

  • Salmon
  • Cucumber
  • Mint
  • Dill
  • Yoghurt
  • Pistacio

And thats the result:

Steamed salmon with a pistachio crunch – Gin cucumber salad with black pepper – yoghurt mint dip

…accompanied by a small Gin mare with Fevertree Tonic mediterranean and without (!) rosemary. overview

Christoph, Robin & Michel – das ist für euch!