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 …