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. Or maybe you want to check out my first cookbook (German version on Amazon.de/English version on Amazon.com)?

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

  • Wirtschaftswoche fivetonine, Blog-Schokolade, March 2009
  • Sunday Tribune, Food Notes, March 1 2009
  • Der Neue Tag, Delicious days mit Nicole Stich, February 23 2009
  • TIMESONLINE, 50 of the world's best food blogs, February 17 2009
  • Welt am Sonntag, Mit Oma Luise fing alles an, February 15 2009
  • saisonküche, Ich bin eine Spontanköchin, February 2009
  • essen & trinken, Das Blog-Buch, February 2009
  • Wienerin, Gourmetclips, February 2009
  • Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, Wold Wide Wurstsalat, February 1 2009
  • woman, Vom Foodblog zum eigenen Buch, January 30 2009
  • Maxima, Schön & Gut, January/February 2009
  • Madame, Glück aus dem Kochtopf, January 2009
  • Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Auslese Kunterbunt, January 25 2009
  • ELLE BISTRO, kennen lernen, December/January 2008/2009
  • Süddeutsche Zeitung, Das Münchner Web-ABC, December 16 2008
  • al dente, Bücher zum Verschenken, December 2008
  • Lufthansa, Für die Mama, December 2008
  • Berliner Kurier, Last-minute-Menüs für die Feiertage, December 8 2008
  • Prinz München, Süsse Küsse vergehen ..., September 2008
  • Petra, Neu: (B)logbuch, September 2008
  • Bioboom, Begeisterte Esserin, Fall 2008
  • Syrup Magazine, The wonderful and delicious world of foodblogs, April 2008
  • Real Simple, Design Blogs That Inspire, April 2008
  • mymuesli.com, April 21 2008
  • IGOYOUGO, 14 Foodie Travel Blogs To Savor, March 18 2008
  • Who's Cooking What Online, washingtonpost.com, February 21 2008
  • Foodblogs setzen frühzeitig Trends, buchreport.express Nr.49, December 2007
  • Es dampft, Süddeutsche Zeitung, December 2007
  • Nickys Mohnkuchen im Glas, Hessischer Rundfunk, December 09 2007
  • Gräfe und Unzer startet Kochportal, boersenblatt.net, October 12 2007
  • Verführung zum Kochen, c't, October 2007
  • Wir verraten unsere süssen Geheimnisse, COSMOPOLITAN, October 2007
  • Blog und Buch müssen sich nicht kannibalisieren, buchreport.spezial, September 2007
  • Nickys Mohnkuchen im Glas, ICH KOCHE... - Sebastian Dickhaut, September 2007
  • The Best Blogs on the Web, AOL News/Switched, June 2007
  • Digitale Boheme, Lufthansa Exclusive, June 2007
  • Blog News & Reviews, Fitness Magazine, June 2007
  • Kulinarische Tagebücher, muenchen.de, May 2007
  • foodie file, delicious. magazine, April 2007
  • Beruf: Gourmet-Bloggerin, Spiegel Online, March 2007
  • Culinary blogs without borders, ViaMichelin, March 2007
  • Top 50 Food Websites, The Independent, February 2007
  • Design work, props & test kitchen, Basic Cooking 2, February 2007
  • Finalist in the 2007 Weblog Awards (Bloggies 2007) for Best European Weblog, January/February 2007
  • 2007's new restaurants and trends, Olive, January 2007
  • DIE WELT.de, October 2006
  • venus zine no.29, September 2006
  • 50 Coolest Websites of 2006, Time Magazine, August 2006
  • Chicago Press, July 2006
  • ELLE Eten, Netherlands, March 2006
  • Finalist in the 2006 Weblog Awards (Bloggies 2006) for Best Food Weblog & Best-Designed Weblog, January/February 2006
  • “Netdiver Best of the Year 2005” selection, February 2006
  • 2005 Food Blog Awards: awarded for Best New Blog, January 2006
  • Interviewed by PSFK Global Trends Collaborative and trnd, November 2005

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.