Saturday, November 1st, 2008 Posted in Fruits and Veggies, Ingredients explained, Market reports, Recommended stores | No Comments »
A few days ago, our local Extra started carrying a type of citrus I'd never seen. Green, the size and shape of a grapefruit, they carried stickers proclaiming them as ... Read more..Sunday, September 21st, 2008 Posted in Fruits and Veggies, Market reports | 3 Comments »
A quick Kollwitzplatz market spotting yesterday: The dark, sweet muscat grapes are here, which make my eyes light up like a kid's with candy. Because they are essentially candy. I ... Read more..Sunday, September 7th, 2008 Posted in Booze and Bevvies, Recommended stores | 4 Comments »
I've had a tough time finding coffee beans I like in Berlin. It's not that I'm one of the aficionados who can tell an Ethiopian bean from a Colombian shade-grown. ... Read more..Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 Posted in Around Berlin, Fruits and Veggies, Places | 2 Comments »
No, not the classic Homer & Jethro album, but a query from a reader: I was wondering if you all at Hungry In Berlin know if there are any places around Berlin ... Read more..Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 Posted in Bread and baking, Ingredients explained, Recipes, Uncategorized | 4 Comments »
Gray winter days call for baked apple crumble, a topping otherwise known as "streusel" here in Deutschland. It's a simple concept: "streusel" means crumble. Streusel (not to be ... Read more..Tuesday, November 13th, 2007 Posted in Bread and baking | 14 Comments »
From the Department of Substitutes: It's the time of year for gingerbread. I'm a fan of Pfefferkuchen, and don't even get me started on Swedish Pepparkakor; but a big tray ... Read more..Sunday, September 16th, 2007 Posted in Market reports | 1 Comment »
I was on other business in Schöneberg yesterday when a market found me. I was walking down tiny little Mansteinstr., not far from the Yorckstr. S-Bahn stop, when I noticed ... Read more..Wednesday, September 12th, 2007 Posted in Around Berlin, Rants and raves | 7 Comments »
A couple of my favorite products have vanished, as far as I can tell, from Berlin's grocery shelves in recent months. Maybe this is just one angry person venting, but ... Read more..Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007 Posted in Booze and Bevvies, Restaurant reviews | No Comments »
Sorry for the long absence, folks. As I've been telling people, becoming a teetotaling vegetarian is probably good for you, but having economics force it on you isn't. And as ... Read more..Thursday, August 2nd, 2007 Posted in Market reports | 6 Comments »
Man, I am so happy that I took up a friend’s invitation to check out the Wittenbergplatz market today. What a color explosion! Pink tomatoes, purple beans, ... Read more..