I am not sure it can get more German – dish wise – but Steak Tartare and Schweinshaxe (Ham Shank) must be the 2 most typical German dishes, at least in the town I come from (Düsseldorf). So today I will share the recipe for Tartar with you and Schweinshaxe will follow pretty soon. Düsseldorf has…
After 3 years of working from home I finally took the liberty to invite a friend over for lunch and actually cooked lunch at home. It just dawned on me that I never took advantage of this perk of working from home. Guess we German’s are strange…or at least this German is very strange, so…
Guess I am on a roll this week with my German recipes – although this one might qualify as “typical German” but it did not originate in Germany, the most delicious desserts actually come from Austria and to be specific from Vienna. I felt like eating something sweet for lunch and so I made this dish for…
I was asked last week what type of food gets traditionally eaten at Oktoberfest in Germany. Of course I am way late again with my post, because Oktoberfest is held in September and usually ends the first Sunday in October, but in the US I’ve learned over the years Oktoberfest gets celebrated the entire Oktober. Traditional Oktoberfest food…
As always I am a little bit late with my posts compared to when this dish was actually in season. Plum season ended 3 weeks ago, and I got the chance to raid the last plums in our friends yard and made this original recipe of a German Plum Sheet cake that originates in southern Germany, a town…
Mike brought home a bunch of apples out of our friends yard and I immediately thought that I have to give Applestrudel a shot. I’ve made it a long time ago and remembered that rolling out the dough super thin is the toughest part but even if its not getting all that thin it still…
All vacation unfortunately have to come to an end and so I had to say good bye to my parents last Saturday. Its always a sad day to say good bye and know that it will be at least another year to see them again. Its not that the flight is taking so ungodly long that…
The past 3 days were quite eventful, finally Mike joined me here in Germany and after over 20 years I got to see my uncles and cousins again and that was a great day. In traditional German style we got together for an entire day and night, no 2 hour visits for us Germans when we get…
Wow did I slack with the food diary or what? But there is so much to cook and eat I barely can keep up with all the photos and posting. First a big shout out to my dad – he makes the most beautiful and delicious German breakfasts for us every single day, above a collection…
My favorite weekend routine besides sleeping in until 10:00 a.m. (I love my Temper Pedic bed!) and looking forward to getting my cappuccino served in bed by Mike is calling my mum as well as trying to catch up with at least one of my friends either in Germany or other parts of this world. This gives Mike some…
A German in Seattle 