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Thursday
May 29th
2008

Bang! From one day to another it is summer. Just like that. No notice, so we’re still stuck with our winter wardrobe. Pink lemonade with ginger Recipe Source: own creation Prep/cooking time: about 20 min. plus chilling . Ingredients (yields about 600 ml): 250 ml pink grapefruit juice (2-3 fruits) 250 g white sugar 250 ml water fresh ginger to taste (I used [...]

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Friday
May 23rd
2008

Getting the taste of your very first [almost] flourless chocolate cake, there’s no way back. It is a regular on our table, my friend Kristin serves it (with even more butter ) in her coffee bar next door and my grandpa’s girlfriend who is in her 80s fell for the recipe, too.

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Monday
May 19th
2008

It was more a coincidence when my taste buds made the acquaintance with white asparagus and vanilla the first time around. A very pleasant encounter I might add. Which in fact got me to deliberately choose it a second time leaving me with lots of ideas, and a strong mental note: Must try flavoring white asparagus with vanilla.

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Friday
May 16th
2008

Why is it, that whenever I buy an organic lettuce, I find one – not two or three – just one of those little critters in there? I think I’m on to something here, I’m seeing this grandpa-type old man sitting in front of an old wooden desk, gently placing one single snails on [...]

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Wednesday
May 14th
2008

Talking about bad customer service in Germany?? Not here and a clever move, too: some market stalls at Viktualienmarkt offer to peel your asparagus – within 5 minutes and they do it for free! You even get the peeled skin to take home for some soup…Sweet!

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Sunday
May 11th
2008

…return to the class room everyone. Yesterday was all about going back to school: Friends came over and taught us a thing or two about how to properly make their favourite … . Any clue what we devoured to the last bite? EDIT: Of course you got it right – Tortilla (with Chorizo) it was [...]

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Wednesday
May 7th
2008

With a little parcel from Rome arriving earlier this year (thanks to my dear friend Hande) came a perhaps inconspicuous but nevertheless very useful tool, it has become indispensable in my kitchen and I use it – I kid you not – almost once every week. Know it? Have it? Use it? What for?