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…
The last 4 weeks were filled with lots of fun and sightseeing with our friends from out of town. Seattle becomes the “destination city” for our friends who live in hot places like Minneapolis or Denver. Around 85 degrees it gets way too hot for me but our friends loved the 20-degree difference and welcomed the cool…
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…
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…
Ah – Valentines Day – my friend Beatrice just asked me about my Valentines Plan. I told her I have none and that I am not a big fan of this day. According to the commercials that are running 24/7 the week of Valentines Day the humble ones under us desire overpriced roses and really bad…
Another get-together with my gluten intolerant friend(s) yielded a fabulous new crepe recipe for me and I couldn’t be happier so that for the past week I am making myself a crepe almost every day. I think I ate crepes in Germany but where I really learned the art of crepes was in Paris. I…
A German in Seattle 