About

My name is Nicky and I love to cook. As much as I love to eat, to read cookbooks, go food shopping, host dinners for dear friends and family, experiment with new recipes and - of course - talk about food. I'm not a professional cook, my day job revolves around design and the internet business as such, which is my other passion. delicious:days was launched in 2005 and is my way of combining these two passions, thrown into the mix: Munich, the wonderful Bavarian town we live in, our occasional travel experiences, cookbook reviews and to cut to the chase all things delicious.

Co-author and technical genius behind this site is Oliver, we've been living together in Munich/Haidhausen since 2000. When I first met Oliver, he owned two plates, knives, forks and one spoon, not even a pan - although I must say, he did have a well developed taste for good and expensive restaurants. Meanwhile Oliver not only has increased his cooking skills quite a bit, but keeps surprising me - when it comes to Asian food, especially Indian, his curries are to die for...

Long story short, given you like it here on d:d, please do come by every now and then to check on new posts - we'd love to see you around. Your feedback and comments are always very much appreciated, alternatively we can be contacted via blog [at] deliciousdays [dot] com.

Nicky & Oliver

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Press, awards and other noteworthy findings

Frequently Asked Questions

What's your blog software and what theme are you using?

delicious:days runs on Wordpress 1.5.1.1 2.0 2.1 2.2 (Getz), but is highly customized by now. Theme development is entirely done by ourselves, including CSS stylesheet and *.php code changes. If you are interested in creating your very own theme, there are detailed and well structured tutorials out there explaining the basics on setting up two-column and three column blog layouts etc., providing a great jump-start to your own blog ID.

How did you do the "previous post" section?

It's all coded from scratch. At the time there were no WP plugins available that would suffice our requirements, today you can choose from a plethora of 'previous post' plugins on wordpress.org

What camera do you use to take your photos?

When we started delicious:days, we had a Fuji-Finepix 610 to our name. Which we still use for some of our outdoor experiences, due to its smaller, less obtrusive design and size. But we also shoot with a Nikon D70s, which allows for much more control when taking photos under different circumstances. We primarily use a 50mm and a 100mm macro lens.

Why does the layout look all messy in IE 5.2 on the Mac?

delicious:days is designed to work with most current browsers, even most of the older ones - however, there will always be a few that would require major individual adjustments. IE 5.2 on the Mac is one example, IE4.0 on Win98 another. Do yourself a favor and get a decent browser.

I can't see your photo slide show/light-box?

While we're at it, another JavaScript element. Also, please wait until the page is fully loaded into your browser, otherwise you'll end up seeing just that one image you clicked on with no navigation.

Some of your recipes only have grams, but I need cups/spoons?

Here are a few good resources, that might help: gram/cup conversion, general conversion pages and if worse comes to worse: here is definite help.

How do I get linked on delicious:days?

Neither threats work nor tons of chocolate, wait, chocolate may actually work. In other words, delicious:days is my playground and the links displayed in the blog roll are in fact part of my regular reading routine. As it changes, so will the links.

Would you do cookbook reviews?

Absolutely, we'd love, too - under our own terms. Nothing spectacular really, we'd just like to retain the right to
post or not post the outcome of the review on our blog, regardless of positive or negative outcomepost or not post the link to your online shop/websitenot post a positive review, just because we are asked toalert our readers about products sent to us, in order for them to decide if the review is legitimate or notFurther, we understand that no action is required on our end, e.g. forwarding of books, returns etc.

You can contact us via blog AT deliciousdays DOT com

I can't switch to the German Amazon shop (front page)?

Again, this is a JavaScript issue. If you've turned it off, please turn it back on. On the other hand, Amazon-US shipping options surely support expedited shipping.

How about advertising and sponsoring?

We do consider advertisement on our blog, if you're interested please contact BLOG AT DELICIOUSDAYS DOT COM or book ad space on d:d via Blogads. If we're not convinced or feel the ad isn't appropriate, we won't promote your product.