Hello and welcome to my blog! I am a German expat who has been living in the UK since 1999. I live in London with my family and work as a teacher in a secondary school. As a family we are quite an international bunch, with a different passports for every family member – but that’s less to do with a strong sense for our different allegiances than with the fact that it is incredibly difficult to get an appointment at the German embassy here.
I have always enjoyed baking, especially the recipes from the south of Germany, where I am originally from. My ‘better half’, as they are called in German, is from Chile, and although I would love to boast with my Chilean food I’m afraid you will have to wait until my mother-in-law comes for a visit; if we’re lucky she’ll give us an empanada tutorial as she is the master of these delicious meat-filled pasties.
Living abroad is always a challenge, especially in terms of sourcing ingredients. Over the years I have been able to overcome the biggest obstacles, such as converting imperial measurements into proper metric ones and the like. I have even figured out the correct baking powder to self-raising flour ratio. Sometimes I feel like Shackleton: just me against the elements. But thanks to international trade and the expansion of Lidl and Aldi to the UK I can now get most ingredients without having to physically travel abroad.
Hopefully you enjoy my blog and it will encourage you to try some of the things at home!
Family Portrait
(2013)
Ginger and honey on worktop
Hallo und willkommen auf meinem Blog! Ursprünglich aus Stuttgart stammend lebe ich seit 1999 im Vereinigten Königreich – zuerst in Belfast, im Norden Irlands, und seit 2006 im Großraum Londons, wo ich als Lehrerin an einer Gesamtschule arbeite.
Unsere Familie fällt unter Extrem-Patchwork, da jeder von uns einen anderen Paß hat: mein Freund ist aus Chile und die Kinder sind in Nordirland und England geboren. Jeder der einmal versucht hat bei der Deutschen Botschaft in London einen Termin für einen neuen Paß zu bekommen kann nachvollziehen, warum vier verschiedene Pässe den Weg des geringsten Widerstandes darstellen.
Ich backe und koche sehr gerne, am liebsten schwäbische Rezepte, die ich für meinen Blog ins Englische übersetzt habe. Ich koche aber auch viele englische und südamerikanische Rezepte, die Ihr im Bereich ‘Auf gut Deutsch’ finden könnt, zusammen mit Tips und Tricks zum Überleben im englischsprachigen Raum.
Meldet Euch einfach wenn Ihr Fragen oder Verbesserungsvorschläge habt – gerne übersetze ich Euch auch ein Rezept, welches ich nur auf Englisch im Blog habe!
Viel Spaß beim Nachkochen,
Eure Ginger
Ginger&Bread 
Hello, just stumbled upon your blog and realised we have a lot in common. I am a German expat living in London as well blogging the German recipes from my home country! I will follow you and look forward to reading your recipes x
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Thanks for your comments – I had a quick look at your blog and I am intrigued! Will let you know how I fare with your recipes…
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Congrats1 You have been nominated for the Dragon’s Loyalty award. Please collect it from http://aromasandflavours.com/2014/05/16/black-velvet-chicken-weekend-celebrations-part-2/. Have a nice day 🙂
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Thanks! Will have to come up with a pretty awesome recipe to justify your lovely gesture though …
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Will be waiting for it. All the best…
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Auf die Umrechnung für self-raising flour werde ich bei Bedarf zurückgreifen, klasse!
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Viel Erfolg dabei! Ich kaufe eigentlich nie self-raising flour, daher brauche ich die Formel regelmäßig.
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Hello,
You have an awesome blog and I really appreciate and like to thank you for following my blog.
I would like to nominate you for an award.
Thanks
Chitra Jagadish
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Hello,
You have an awesome blog and I really appreciate and like to thank you for following my blog.
I would like to nominate you for an award. Please check the details:
http://drchdietfood.com/2014/06/12/wonderful-readership-award/
Thanks
Chitra Jagadish
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Dear Chitra, Thank you so much for your lovely comments and for putting me up for an award! Once all the world cup madness is over I will check it out. All the best, Ginger
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Hi darlin,
I’ve invited you to participate in the Writing Process Blog Tour. You can see your nomination and rules of acceptance here:
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Hello! I have just stumbled upon your boho and it looks fabulous. Excited to explore it further. 🙂
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Thank you! Your own blog looks fabulous, too – loving the cupcakes 🙂
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That’s so sweet of you. Thank you!
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Hi Ginger! I’m nominating you and your lovely blog for an award!! If you’re happy to accept the info is here: http://liliscakes.com/2015/03/30/blog-award-fest-with-a-chocolate-and-cinammon-babka-reward/ Congratulatory hugs, Lili 🙂
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Hey, Gladly informing you that I have nominated you for the One Lovely Blog Award for your amazing creativity in your blog! Please follow the link to http://indiancurryshack.com/2015/07/03/one-lovely-blog-award/
I hope you participate! Happy blogging! 🙂
-Anugya
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Thank you so much, Anugya – it’s such an honour! I’ll have a closer look into it once I have a moment … 🙂
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Hi Ginger, I just stumbled onto your blog and it looks great. I am a German expat living in California.
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Thank you for stopping by to comment, Gerlinde! California sounds such an amazing place – and you don’t have to put up with Winters, either 😉
Are you finding it hard to get German food or ingredients there? Or have you embraced the American way of life to the point that you don’t crave Spätzle or Currywurst any more?
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