September 2010

After Oktoberfest, I was over drinking Radler. So, to celebrate the last of the season’s plums I made cocktails! Plum Martini 1…

One of the fun parts of Oktoberfest is shopping for and dressing up in trachten or traditional costume, (dirndl and lederhosen.) As…

Oans, Zwoa, Drei, G’suffah…goes the Bavarian chant after you sing “Ein Prosit”with your maß (liter sized beer mug) in the air.  Then…

Continuing on the plum theme, I was inspired when I saw this recipe at Tish Boyle. I used her recipe for the choux…

This tart has many names depending on where in Germany you live. Pflaumenkuchen in some places. In Bavaria, it’s called zwetschgendatschi. Here in…

Fine, my mother in law made this torte for a family celebration in June and I just about fell on the floor…

This month’s Mactweet’s Challenge was Long Ago and Far Away.  Jamie and Deeba tasked us with creating a macaron inspired by a favorite childhood…

When I saw this incredible recipe for burnt honey ice cream from So Many Recipes…, I knew I had to make it.…

This was the last thing I was able to make out of my friend Trudi’s orchard in Temecula, CA before I had…