Les bûchettes de chèvre | Sep 28th, 2006 |
The 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,…
Is there a better way to start a Sunday morning...? - Part II | Sep 21st, 2006 |
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…
The Oktoberfest OR Munich's fifth season | Sep 16th, 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…
Russian Bread | Sep 12th, 2006 |
…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…