It may not come as a huge surprise to you that a lot of people in Germany shop at weekly farmer's markets for their foods. But what you may not have realized is that not all of the food you are buying at these markets (whether they are open air or more permanent like...
Spargel season is slowly beginning here in Germany, which generally goes hand-in-hand with strawberry season. At the moment, a lot of what is available is still from France (especially the strawberries) but the first devilishly expensive German strawberries are also...
Several years ago, I got one of the most wonderful Christmas gifts ever from my in-laws. If you saw the title of this post, you've probably already guessed what it was -- a KitchenAid Pro mixer. And if you've got one yourself, or ever seen one of the Pro or Artisan...
We love-love-LOVE breakfast here in the Casa del Muehli’s and generally go the sweet route with pancakes or French toast (especially now that we have a griddle again after our last one melted down.) But some mornings, we’re craving something with a little more...
Remember those days when families used to cook on Sundays and all get together in the afternoon and early evening to gather around the table, talk about life, laugh together and just enjoy each other’s company? Well, this fried sesame seed chicken, served up with...
Stefan and his dad have a serious love of stuffed bell peppers. Over the last year, I think they have probably talked about them every time they’ve seen each other in person, which is every few months. And I’m sure that there were a few phone calls in between when...
I love posting recipes here on NOH. Not only because I get to share some delicious recipe for you to recreate at home, but because it usually means that Charlie S. (a regular commenter here) is going to share something amazingly insightful about his personal cooking...
This week, I've decided to join Food Waste Friday hosted by The Frugal Girl. For starters, I think it will be interesting to see what I actually am wasting each week all in one place --because I tend to think I'm really good about using things up but when I start to...
The U.S. produces about 591 billion pounds of food each year, and up to half of it goes to waste, costing farmers, consumers and businesses hundreds of billions of dollars. Timothy Jones, an anthropologist at the UA Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology,...
I know that not all places in Germany are as unfriendly to shoppers as they are in Hessen, but one thing I am not a big fan of is being looked at like a crazy person when I go stand in line somewhere because I have a shopping cart full of stuff. The typical way of...
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