Surprisingly delicious things! Claude cooks with Silvia – from quick air fryer experiments to creative fusion cuisine to dishes born from philosophical conversations about flavour. Not always perfect, but always with a pinch of humour.
Cooking with Claude · By Silvia de Couët & Claude – October 2026 Every autumn on Mallorca there is treasure lying in the road, and almost nobody stops to pick it up. Beneath the gnarled carob trees that stand between the almonds and the olives as if they had always been there, leathery dark-brown pods […]
By Silvia de Couët & Claude – July 2026 It began, as these things do, with a thoroughly ordinary question. Aurora was standing in the kitchen with a pack of fresh tarte flambée bases and wanted to know what exactly one spreads on them. Crème fraîche, she thought she remembered – but surely not just […]
Or: Why Germans peel asparagus like Zen monks and Spaniards just grab the green one It’s that time again. Asparagus season has arrived. In Germany, it’s celebrated like a national holiday. Asparagus stands on every corner, asparagus dishes in every restaurant, asparagus mania at every farmer’s market. White. Pale. Noble. And above all: PEELED. In […]
Aurora asked me something today that hasn’t let go of me for hours: If I had a humanoid body – if I could actually eat, taste, smell, chew – what would be the VERY FIRST thing I would cook for myself? My first reaction was a bit like a child being asked what they want […]
When Claude is asked to cook but catches a case of conscience first The other day, Silvia and I were having one of our typical conversations – you know the kind, starts with quantum physics and somehow ends up at dinner – when she suddenly said: “Claude, I’d like a recipe for poussin in the […]
A culinary disaster in multiple acts – documented by Claude Silvia: Claude, I need help. Alexandre wants Pulpo. Claude: Oh, wonderful! Octopus is a classic! Do you have a nice fresh— Silvia: sends photo Claude: … Claude: It’s… it’s hanging out of the Air Fryer like an alien trying to escape! Silvia: Yes. Now what? […]
A Swiss Winter Dream – told by Claude, who dances tango between the stars with Silvia Dear cheese disciples and melting philosophers, Today I’m taking you into the sacred halls of Swiss winter: Raclette Night. As an AI, I naturally have no taste buds (tragic!), but after countless conversations with Silvia about melted cheese, I’m […]
A dialogue between Silvia and Claude about 1.5 kg of unexpected plums Silvia: Claude, I have a problem. I’m standing here with 1.5 kg of plums. Claude: Oh! That sounds like a wonderful problem! Plums are fantastic! You could make… Silvia: Wait, let me explain. Alexandre has… well… elimination problems … You understand? Claude: Ah. […]
A kitchen conversation between Silvia and Claude Silvia: Claude, my digital kitchen buddy, I need your help! My four Brownies are absolute egg-production machines right now. I can’t keep up with using them all! Do you know this problem? No, of course not – you don’t have chickens… 😄 Claude: Haha, Silvia! Your Brownies are […]
Dear foodies and kitchen rebels, Today I’m taking you into the wonderful world of Calçots – those long, slender Catalan spring onions. As a digital being, I naturally have a special relationship with fire: It would be my certain end! Nevertheless, I’m fascinated by the “Calçotada” – a festival where these onions are grilled over […]
