Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 Posted in Fruits and Veggies, Ingredients explained, Recipes | 1 Comment »
The tomato display at our local Extra is blinding. Then again, it is always blinding, all year 'round. Ah, globalization, the glories of greenhouse cultivation, and the resourcefulness of our ... Read more..Monday, November 10th, 2008 Posted in Around Berlin, Fruits and Veggies | No Comments »
(Above: "Steinpilze," aka porcini mushrooms; thanks treegrow) (This post was generously contributed by Rebecca F. Miller.) I’ve been looking for any excuse to be outside for the last few weeks, and my ... Read more..Sunday, July 27th, 2008 Posted in Fruits and Veggies, Main courses, Market reports | 1 Comment »
This summer has seen an outpouring of fresh vegetables like I've never seen in 14 summers here. Not only that, the "bio" versions in the outdoor markets are no more ... Read more..Sunday, May 4th, 2008 Posted in Bread and baking, Ingredients explained, Recipes, Spices and flavors | 5 Comments »
I'll just start off by saying: Aimee's carnitas are good. There's maybe nothing I miss more than a basic hot fried pork burrito in San Francisco. It's terrible for you. ... Read more..Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 Posted in Events, Ingredients explained, Main courses, Meats and Dairy, Recipes, Uncategorized | 3 Comments »
As a native Californian, I speak culinary Spanish (with an emphasis on the Mexican dialect). Four years of college in San Diego proved that a person can gladly and happily ... Read more..Monday, April 14th, 2008 Posted in Around Berlin, Ingredients explained, Meats and Dairy, Places, Recommended stores | 5 Comments »
No, not the squirt-from-a-can kind. (Don't tell me you didn't at least once in your life use your tongue as a cracker for a can of this? OK, maybe it ... Read more..Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 Posted in Events, People | No Comments »
The fact that ice balls have been falling from the sky for the last week only makes me hungrier for food that implies sun. Cheeses, olives, pasta, tomatoes… you know. ... 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..Friday, January 4th, 2008 Posted in Bread and baking, Ingredients explained, Recipes, Uncategorized | 10 Comments »
I'm a little late to the Christmas cookie-making party, but for heaven's sake -- it was -8 degrees this morning. What else can one do but bake to warm up ... Read more..Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 Posted in People | 1 Comment »
For the next two weeks, I'm interviewing John Thorne over here. I invite you to stop by and read and, I hope, comment. John, for those of you who've never encountered ... Read more..