Archive for September, 2006
recipes : everydayrecipes : savoryLes bûchettes de chèvre
buchettesThe few reservations I had against anything goat cheese are all history, long ago, yet it was rarely seen on our dinner table. For years now goat cheese has virtually been the welcome appetizer I chose at restaurants,...
recipes : sweetIs there a better way to start a Sunday morning...? - Part II
Croissants.Shopping for bread has changed over the last decades, a development I personally regret. Large bakery chains have entered somewhere back in the nineties and many small family-run bakeries have vanished over the years...
munichThe Oktoberfest OR Munich
Wiesn 2006"O'zapft is!" might have been today's most anticipated term for every Munich-ian, as it rings in our town's most loved season: It's Oktoberfest time again. At 12 o'clock AM mayor Christian Ude taps the first keg with these famous Bavarian words...
recipes : everydayrecipes : sweetRussian Bread
Russian Bread...Just like Russian Bread. These cookies' origin is not proven beyond doubt: While Germans claim that a baker from Dresden imported a recipe for "Bukwi" from St. Petersburg around 1844, the Austrians argue conversely...
otherThings to eat before you die
Things to eat before you dieHow on earth shall I - the most indecisive person in the universe - narrow down my favorite food delights to only five?