Summer Green: Two Ideas

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..

Summer wine rules: Cheap and copious

Monday, May 5th, 2008 Posted in Around Berlin, Booze and Bevvies, Rants and raves, Recommended stores | 2 Comments »

Now that we're finally cruising in the 20-degree Celsius band and the parks are packed to overflowing on the weekends, summer wines are in order. I like that there's a ... Read more..

Spargel: The Green Way

Thursday, April 17th, 2008 Posted in Fruits and Veggies, Ingredients explained, Main courses, Recipes | 5 Comments »

For a very short time, it's asparagus season in Germany. No matter that asparagus fields will continue to produce into the early summer: local tradition decrees that it is over ... Read more..

A Different Asia

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 Posted in Rants and raves, Restaurant reviews | 4 Comments »

I'm ashamed of myself. The first time I passed Omoni (Kopenhagener Str. 14, Prenzlauer Berg), I saw the sign announcing that it was a Korean/Japanese restaurant and mentally went "Yeah, ... Read more..

The Pasta Ladies

Sunday, February 10th, 2008 Posted in Market reports, Rants and raves, Recommended stores | No Comments »

One of the things I struggled for years to find in this city was good fresh pasta. For a while, there was a place near where I worked in Charlottenburg ... Read more..

Word of the Day: Streusel

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..

Generous Pours and Vinous Discoveries

Saturday, January 19th, 2008 Posted in Around Berlin, Booze and Bevvies, Events, Places | No Comments »

A smart salesman starts off with a heavy hitter. On this particular afternoon, Heribert Kastell's first punch was his 15-percent alcohol Chardonnay. Not that the HIB team isn't ... Read more..

That Time Again

Thursday, January 17th, 2008 Posted in Events | No Comments »

You can always tell when we're in the depths of winter in Berlin. No, not just by the short photoperiod, nor the pasty faces of the folks in the street. ... Read more..

Berlin Supermarket Bubbly: A Two-Minute Primer

Sunday, December 30th, 2007 Posted in Around Berlin, Booze and Bevvies, Ingredients explained, Places | 3 Comments »

The kids at HIB have been hibernating following the holiday snack fest (My house made chicken-shrimp gumbo; I'm gonna bet we were the only ones in Berlin-Brandenburg, however...what did you ... Read more..

Party Time: Buying Big

Thursday, December 20th, 2007 Posted in Around Berlin, Places, Recommended stores, Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

Who doesn't want a Parma ham for the holidays? (Vegetarians, put your hands down.) I came across this great spread of hanging hocks at Frische Paradies, a wholesale/retail gourmet outlet ... Read more..

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