The search for the perfect baking shovel-part 2

I think I found the right guys for making my baking shovel now. In the old town of Kabul, there is an area that stands out from the other. The houses are beautiful and well maintained. Very little rubbish on the street. You see that someone with a good eye has been doing the renovation of this area as everything … Read More

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This is Joel van Houdt

I met Joel in Kabul, after asking around for a photographer that are not only the best, but also is really really nice. Everyone seem to mention Joel. So I wrote him a mail. With Joel I made my last Bread Exchange in Kabul. For the right to use one of his amazing images from Afghanistan, I baked him a … Read More

ElmlidThis is Joel van Houdt

The search for the perfect baking shovel-part 1

I had brought my German Baking shovel to Kabul. You know the kind of wooden spade that you use when you push the bread into the oven. I have a super trashy cheap kind that I bought on ebay once. It is not even out of proper wood, it is made out of that kind of layered wood that I … Read More

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The man with the best mulberries

On the street outside the old town in Kabul, this man were selling his mulberries. I feel like I slowly get a hook on what good mulberries are, and this man offered some of the best ones I ever tried. I was introduced to mulberries about 1 years ago, when I traded Afghan mulberries for the first time. Since then … Read More

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Berlin Bread Exchange this Friday

On friday morning I will have Bread to trade in Berlin. It is baked with a blend of flour from Canada and Saxony, salt from the Sardinian coast, and Mulberries from Afghanistan. Stories from 3 continents in one loaf. I have guest from NYC coming over and would love to trade anything that I can offer them with bread. But, … Read More

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Scallions

I told you before- I love leeks. And Scallions. Someone that likes bread and leeks, or scallions, have come to the right place in Afghanistan. ————————– When I come home to Berlin I will bake a bread with leek crust. I imagine the sweetness of the burned leek to play perfectly with the sourness of my Bread. Let me know if … Read More

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the traffic

Everyday is really full scheme. Traffic takes forever. It weird to sit in a car and everytime that we get are stuck in traffic to think about the fact that these are the moments that if a bomb will go off, this is where it would happen. I fall dead tired to bed every night. I asked some expats if … Read More

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Wine in Kabul

It is not easy to have a glass of wine with your meal in Kabul. Most restaurant does not serve it. I heard of 3 restaurants in total that offer wine. To serve wine can mean a security risk for the restaurant. This particular restaurant did not have much more security than many other western oriented once but you have … Read More

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Antiques in Kabul

It is hard to keep your money. It is too much great things to buy. Antiques from the different times of war are sold in off streets. Imagining all the foreign troops that have been in Afghanistan you get a picture of what you will find here. Russian plates from the tsar times until the 70′s. Most of them are … Read More

ElmlidAntiques in Kabul