November 24th
2007
Waaaaiiit, before you hang your hopes too high, Germans don't usually celebrate Thanksgiving. And only because we have a bunch of really good friends from overseas who introduced us to the one or other tradition, we do celebrate the occasion now and then; when our schedules permit. On the other hand, having to go to work the Friday after spoils the fun of a major holiday celebration though. Sadly, this time around everybody was stuck knee deep in work projects, so hopefully we can make up for it later this year, how about a pre-Christmas party?
So instead of luscious Thanksgiving dinner details, the only things I can share with you at this point are a few impressions of a rather normal workday - workday? If you're ready to jump my throat, wait, YES, I do feel very lucky to call cooking and writing about it work now. And there is a question for you, too, maybe you have some advice for me.
Kicking the apartment door shut, I found a cute note from Gitti, our neighbor upstairs. All it said was "Mint!" But I know exactly what she's talking about... ;)
'Got to start the day off properly, first things come first: coffee (or Cortado or hot chocolate or fresh carrot-orange juice) at Cafe Solo Bar, our friend Kristin's coffee bar - door to door 67 steps. I counted.
Can you guess what we had for lunch? Verrry spicy...
These cookies, short of being just good, did not manage to spoil our day, just a minor let-down...
...but still plenty good for our current house guest Jackson who tried his best to wheedle out one - sorry, pal!
Dinner preparations...
...were well underway...
...just before our electric water kettle decided to call it quits and go belly up. Not only did it flood our kitchen workbench, it's been known to do that for the last couple of months, but now refuses to keep its lid shut. After all, the kettle (a rather cheap Tchibo one) has lived on our kitchen window sill for more than three years now. Time to move on! I've checked out worthy aspirants, mostly going by customer reviews and looks, but am happy to check out your favorites, too. Any recommendations or "don't buys"?
Den habe ich. Ist super fix, ziemlich sicher und recht teuer.
Aber ich habe ihn Oktober 2000 gekauft, damit hält er schon über 7 Jahre. Und ist immernoch genauso gut wie am ersten Tag!
Gruß.
Have you considered buying one with a built-in water fiter? I recently purchased a Brita kettle and love it!
Ich habe mir den tollen Glaswasserkocher von Tchibo zugelegt. Sieht edel aus, man sieht sofort, wann entkalkt werden muss. Seit Wochen bei der Arbeit in Betrieb und die KollegInnen sind voller Bewunderung
Mmmmh... der Keks sieht soooo lecker aus! Erinnert mich an das witzige Kochbuch Video mit Krümelmonster und Kermit, das ich neulich bei Youtube entdeckt habe:
Ich feiere seit einigen Jahren Thanksgiving mit der Familie und bleibe dafür an Weihnachten schön zuhause. Meine Oma macht dann immer eine leckere freilaufende Ente vom Land.
Wasserkocher? Diesen kann ich empfehlen: http://www.amazon.de/Braun-AquaExpress-Wasserkocher-schwarz-silber/dp/B0000D86RB/ref=pd_bbs_sr_13?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1195904717&sr=8-13
Liebe Grüße,
Kochblogger (Celia)
Pre-Christmas party? Can I come if I promise to bring Spanish Navidad goodies?
Ich glaube fast alle Wasserkocher tropfen nach längerem Gebrauch beim Eingießen, zumindest hatte ich noch keinen ohne dieses Problem. Auch mein aktueller Krups tropft ;(
Those cookies look scrumptious! As well as the gnocchi! well, actually everything on your blog does!
Cookink and Writing, that's a wonderful job!
Have a nice Sunday.
Have had a Philips kettle for aaaaaages, and it still works fine. Sure they do not sell the one I have anymore.
Pity mine won't break though as I have seen other much nicer looking ones since and would love to buy a metal looking one next.
Love,love,love your blog - text, pictures, everything. Anxiously waiting for your book.
Excuse my English:
I carried my first Kettle all the way along from Ireland to Spain when I moved back (and a potato masher) because there were no kettles in the country, usually people here drink more cafe than tea, and tea is done by boiling water in the microwave (for example).
But, after 3 years of proud kettle ownership the whole country was full of kettles. First at Chinese shops and later at big supermarkets I felt a big stupid of having my kettle whit the English-Spanish plug adapter, but…
Love your blog, keep going!
Do you have a guest room to spare? Everything you cook looks soooooo delish! :)
Ich hab einen von Emide, den hat mir meine Mutter geschenkt als ich nach München gezogen bin. Er hält bereits seit 4 Jahren und sieht auch nicht so aus, als ob sich das in nächster Zeit ändern würde. So sieht er aus: http://www.emide-arkit.de/emide.php?page=wk_676&lang=en nur in weiß.
Love your blog!
I've had a Krups cordless electric 1-liter kettle for 3 years, use it daily, and it's still going strong. Heats water in seconds. Beautiful and functional.
I'm not sure the same model is around, but it looks like Krups has newer 1.6- and 1.7-liter models out. See if you like any of these:
http://www.krups.de/All+Products/Kettles/Kettles.htm
I would like to help you because I have mine for ages now and I'm very happy with it. It doesn't make any mess, it's fast, quiet, easy to clean... but... hmm, there is always a but... I just checked... the name of the brand is erased and now even I do not know what to re-buy if I'll need the new one.
If I remember well it was or Philips or Rowenta... if it helps I can se that it is made in France...
Sorry for not being more useful!