Baking

I made a red version of this last year. It was such a hit, I had to make another. And of course…

  Over the years, Christmas fruitcakes have been revered and reviled. However, this mandel früchtekuchen, or Almond Fruitcake, version lives up to classic German…

These Baked Apple cookies or these Bratapfel Kekse are the perfect addition to your holiday cookie platter. I love this German cookie recipe. Who…

‘Tis the season for Christmas flavored macarons. I got it covered with these three flavored beauties. It’s always fun to figure out…

Yesterday’s Diary of a Mad Hausfrau’s post space was dedicated to World AIDS Day so Macaron Monday was pushed to Tuesday. You…

I love Thanksgiving, always insisting on celebrating this holiday no matter what country I was living in at the time. Creating the the menus,…

Last summer I met the Walnut Butter Man. Anthony Novelle is a sports nutritionist/wellness professional who created a line of all natural walnut…

These beauties are perfect for fall. They have the light feel of a meringue but are dense and nutty as well. Called…

Sometimes delicious things dovetail together. For example. I was working on a recipe for German Honey Cake for my German Food Page…

The idea for these Valentine’s inspired Linzer cookies came last year, the week after Valentine’s Day and then I forgot about it…

Wishing everyone a wonderful Christmas!  Here in Germany we celebrated Heligabend yesterday with a big family dinner and presents. Today is a veg out day.…

I may be the last one to jump on the Thanksgivukkah train but there was no way it was going to pull out…

The sage in my garden is out of control and still going strong. Every weekend I expect it to be dead but…

For years I’ve always envied the little pumpkin shaped cakes I’ve seen on blogger and food sites. I finally bought myself two…

I finally caved and bought one of these pan last year in an after Halloween sale. I am so glad I did.…

As most people know, last year’s Halloween got Sandy-ed for most of us on the East Coast. For two weeks I was…

  Readers of this blog are well aware of my obsession with all powdered forms of food, spices, and herbs to experiment…

This is one of the ideas that looked much better in my head than the final product. Ok so some of these…

  Have you ever been to a party just relaxing enjoying yourself, talking to the other guests and then a food buzz…

I had a cousins BBQ at our place in PA this past weekend. With over 10 people, a record low for us…