It’s comfort food – Chili & Taters Cassarole

I tried something new the other day and came out with a really tasty chili casserole. It wasn’t all that hard to make and is a nice variation from regular chili – which we love anyway. The next time I make this, I might put a layer of Fritos corn chips...

Making mirabelle plum wine

We went down to the orchard today and harvested about 22 pounds (10 kilos) of mirabelle plums from our trees. We really should have harvested them a week or so earlier, but we simply haven’t had the time. Thank God we found Nico, our new farm hand, when we did...

Where’s my chimichanga?

Since I grew up in Texas, I’m a big fan of TexMex food. But finding good TexMex or Mexican food around Frankfurt is next to impossible. We went to a “Mexican” restaurant several years ago and ordered fajitas. What came out was a few strips of beef,...