All About Germany: Food

    All About Germany: Food

    When I started trying to learn German, the first things I focused on were food and beer. I knew what was important in life — and these things were extremely important it turned out, because you also don’t want to end up eating something made entirely of...
    Creamy Sausage & Potato Soup

    Creamy Sausage & Potato Soup

    About two weeks ago, I picked up a 5 kilo sack of potatoes for something absurd like 99 cents. I have been eating a few of them for lunch…and we’ve also made Bratkartoffeln with them. But there are still a lot of them left. So it was time to figure out something more...
    Food Photography Lessons Learned

    Food Photography Lessons Learned

    During The Hive European Bloggers Conference (hard to believe that was more than a week ago), I got to participate in a workshop that really helped to open my eyes when it comes to food photography. Since the first day that Stefan gave me my beloved Canon DSLR, I have...
    Pumpkin Bread with Chocolate Chips

    Pumpkin Bread with Chocolate Chips

    If you haven’t noticed, I’ve been on a pumpkin & squash kick around here lately. Roasted pumpkin seeds, pureed pumpkin…and the butternut squash soup. And as if that weren’t enough, I also made some pumpkin bread last week that we have just been devouring! My first...
    Make your own pumpkin puree

    Make your own pumpkin puree

    To me, Thanksgiving is not officially Thanksgiving without pumpkin pie. There were several years here in Germany that we just let Thanksgiving day slip by, cooking something traditionally American for the day, but not really going to all the trouble. And a few times,...