My mum is an outstanding cook and so its not a surprise that I already gained 5 pounds in 5 days. My mum cooked all my favorite German dishes the first 5 days (cold beef salad, Shopperle – dumplings with red cabbage, stir fry with pineapple, cabbage rolls with seasoned ground beef, pork shank with…
I made it! Travelling during Corona times is not an easy untertaking….I almost screwed up the Corona test by taking my test late in the day and not getting get the results back in time prior to check in, but in the end all worked out well, even with last minute vet visits, ensuring the…
We had a beautiful day yesterday here in the Pacific Northwest and got a little break from the rainy winter blues and I could finally tackle my completely weed overgrown strawberry patch in the garden; removing weeds, putting down weed barrier, plant 40 new plants and by the afternoon was wiped out from a little…
Today is Valentines day and I am thinking of my parents in Germany and thought I post a very German recipe – “Rheinischer Sauerbraten” – from the region I was born in and lived for the majority of my “German live” – its called “Rheinland” The “Rheinland” (where the word “Rheinisch” derives from) is the…
It’s the last day of the year and I am sure all of us can’t wait for this year to be over. Thankfully the Covid vaccine will be available for all of us soon and life can go back to normal and I can finally fly to Germany to see my parents. Since the last…
Hello – my name is Dunja – and I am an addict – to be precise, a BREAD addict. This would be my opening line if I would attend a carbohydrate and bread anomyous meeting. As much as I love chocolate, I think I love bread even more. One of the reasons I started my…
My Sunday morning calls with my mum back in Germany are always a highlight of the week and at the same time also make me wonder, which American media produced horror story was picked up by the European media this time, that my mum is eager to discuss with me. So I brace myself for…
I had never heard of a Monte Cristo Sandwich maybe until 5-6 years ago when Mike took me to a little hole in the wall in Georgetown in Seattle called Smarty Pants. Once I tasted the ham and cheese sandwich on egg dipped fried bread with powdered sugar and jam on the side, I was…
This was a great weekend, sleeping in, hubby making omelet breakfast, no chores to run, finishing up my book (Gone Girl – I was so upset about the ending for a couple of days, fortunately now I am over it and started a new book – An Anonymous Girl), spending time with the dogs, picking…
Its August now and we are still living in the surreal world of Covid, its kind of like an alternate universe, something you’ve seen in a sci-fi movie and can’t believe its really happening to you. For months now I work from home and fate had it that I had to drive into the office…
Mike and I spent another 4th of July in Long Beach, escaping the Covid craziness and just enjoying ourselves at the beach with the dogs. We even skipped collecting wood on the beach and didn’t make the usual big beach fire and instead watched the fireworks in our cozy cabin, taking life easy, which was…
Covid 19, People quarantined for over 3 months now,, summer vacation plans cancelled, Riots across the world, “Anarchy” in Capitol Hill (or not..depending on who you ask) historically unprecedented unemployment, toxic media coverage of everything and anything that is currently going on in the world and in all this mayhem, NASA launches the first private…
The last two weeks of my quarantine have been filled with delicious food since I am cooking every day and I have also been incredibly caffeinated, thanks to this newly discovered coffee inspired by South Korean candy of the same name. One of my colleagues at work shared a photo of this coffee with me…
So what do you do when you can’t go anywhere? I cook and bake, if you are more ambitioned you might be cleaning out your closets or the king of ambition – you tackle a remodel. I can’t put my mind to anything meaningful but baking and just so that I feel somewhat accomplished I…
I’ve seen it happening in the movies but never thought I would find myself in the middle of a full blown worldwide pandemic – COVID 19 outbreak – a new virus from China – with Washington being one of the top epicenters in the United States. Now if you belong to the lucky ones,…
