Trying to make your home as great as possible is something that all homeowners seem to strive for these days. There are a lot of elements that you are going to need to get right when it comes to boosting your home as much as possible. This is something you are going to need to […]

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 between the chili and […]

Although we weren’t looking to get too destroyed over the course of the day, Lanternfest is all about getting your party on. So instead of stocking up on tons of beer, we decided to give rum punch a try. I found a recipe that called for orange juice and lemonade concentrate – two things that […]

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 or a lot of other […]

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, carrot slices, broccoli and I seem to recall […]