Germany has many different dialects, probably due to the fact that the country as such used to be a whole bunch of kingdoms, duchies and whatever else they could come up with, including free cities. Only with the formation of a German empire in 1871 did Germany, or Deutschland, as such come into existence, and the local rulers…
When I recently made the elderflower cordial, I received a lovely response in form of a recipe for this delicious parfait: it’s slightly more compact than normal ice cream, and it takes a little bit of time and effort, but it is absolutely worth it! So, if you’re looking for an interesting dessert for a gathering, an…
I have been looking forward to the plum season for weeks – we’ve had some damsons, which one of our neighbours kindly let us harvest, but nothing quite beats the rich juiciness of ripe plums. And what better to do with them than make a cake! The name of this very traditional traybake, Zwetschgendatschi, literally means…
When the Guardian invited their readers to take part in a recipe swap on the topic of ‘butter’, I couldn’t think of any of my recipes that didn’t use any butter (some use lard, though …). I therefore came up with a linguistic link, via bread and butter pudding, which in Germany always contains fruit: apples…
I hadn’t come across this before Dana (of I’ve Got Cake fame) nominated me for it: the My Writing Process Tour is not so much an award as a nosey glance over your shoulder (isn’t it really, Dana?!), which makes it even more appealing to take part in, in order to nominate those bloggers you’d most like…
With the heatwave in full swing, our little garden is brimming with wildlife and flowers: bees and bumblebees are fighting over the lavender and butterflies play tag along the path. The sunshine has ripened our first tomatoes, and like the baby carrots and peas, the first handfuls are eaten straight from the bush. The rest will…
The end of the school year means a lot of thank yous – to my colleagues in the department as well as to the countless colleagues all over the school who have helped me (and my students!) to get through the year in one piece. Unfortunately, writing cards does not come naturally to me. I usually…
Following the World Cup Finals I was getting a bit homesick … and homesickness is best expressed in food. Where I come from, Stuttgart in the south west of Germany, you don’t judge people by their looks or by their personality, you judge them by what they eat. And although we love to try out…
As part of our preparation for the final we had some Black Forest Gateau today. These were quite fashionable in England for a time in the 70s, whereas in Germany they have been popular for ages. They are named after the black forest, a mountain range in the south west of Germany, which has given…
As the World Cup is coming to an end, I would like to present you with the perfect dish to round off my tour of all the participating nations: grilled plantains. Brazil is famous for its rodízios, the ‘all-you-can-eat-type restaurants where waiters come round to the tables with skewers full of meat. To pay homage…
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