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,...
Cannabis Ice Cream You Can Make Now

Cannabis Ice Cream You Can Make Now

The sizzling summer makes the mercury rise. Beat the heat with a nice serving of cannabis ice cream, your choice of THC psychoactive or CBD. The dessert’s potency is up to you – stick with 3 grams of weed for a light hit. This may be the dream of stoners all over, but...

A very special Valentine’s Day feast ;-)

Stefan has been talking for some time (read about 5 years) about how much he loves Eggplant Parmesan. He’d looked for a recipe a few times (especially last year when we had our own eggplants in the garden) but apparently always came up with nothing because he...