You said that you sometimes use food that looks good rather than tastes good. What are some examples of that, and why?

Coffee Machine Cuisine is a creative experiment rather than a traditional food blog. I have never liked to cook and I'm still not fond of "traditional" cooking. But I like to experiment with ingredients and with my coffee maker. And if the ingredients look crazy, it's even more fun, because it will look better on photos. I love to experiment with weird stuff like hearts, testicles and pig tails. The consistency of a testicle is awesome!

The taste of the final dish is not as important, although I try to make it taste good, of course. I think that if you are looking for great recipes, taste-wise, maybe I'm not the chef for you. But if you want to get inspired and have a great laugh, Coffee Machine Cuisine is hopefully the blog you want to read. And if you are a crazy cat person, like me, it's definitely the blog to read.

Dan Sörensen/Coffee Machine Cuisine

How many actual meals do you cook for yourself in a coffee maker in a given day?

Since I have a kitchen now, I do it when I feel like it and when I get a new recipe I have to try. It's "just" a hobby now both for me and for my boyfriend Dan--the photographer of the blog and book. But it wasn't always like this... I used to live in a dorm (before I met and moved in with Dan), that's when I started the Swedish version of the blog, and since I didn't have a kitchen in my room I started to cook all my food in the coffee maker and did that for like six months.

Why not add toasters or other gadgets to the repertoire?

I do! I've tried toasters, bread-roasters, vacuum cleaner, hair curler, iron, dishwasher, hair waffler, etc ... as well. But nothing is as good and versatile as the coffee maker. I would love to try and cook with a washing machine, but Dan won't let me. Tried to cook with my parent's washing machine but they saw it and interrupted what was about to happen. An hour later I fried a burger with their iron. Now I'm not allowed to cook with anything other than the stove at their place.

Who do you think this blog/book is useful for?

It’s definitely useful for hungry people who don't have a kitchen but do have a coffee maker. For example, I know of a music band that practice all day and all night and make my recipes with their coffee maker when they have to eat. They don't have a kitchen in their studio! Love it.

I want it to be a feel-good blog that inspires lots of people. I read a review once of our book that said (poorly translated from Swedish) "... Every time I feel down and I feel like all my ideas suck, I will read this book and just laugh out loud..." and that's the way I want it to be. It doesn't matter if you are into cooking or not, I hope that people will smile when they read it, because it's not really about cooking. It's about doing what you love to do, whatever people say about it. Follow your dreams and all that.