Recipes

This creamy tangy yogurt tart is perfect for your Mother’s Day brunch table. Creamy tortes can take forever to make but in…

This luscious flavorful Sour Cherry Tart with Olive Oil Streusel is so easy to make you won’t believe it. Also, it’s a…

Knoedel made with caramelized shallots and fresh ramps. What could be bad about this Spring comfort food? These highly sought after garlic…

  So I am, once again piling on the ramp craze here with this offering of a rustic ramp version of pull-apart…

To get to Port Sudan for our recent dive trip, we flew from Dusseldorf and had a short stopover each way in…

When I am home in Germany, I look forward to the supermarket trips to reacquaint myself with old friends.  The fantastic yogurt, the cheese…

What I like most about this Spinach Lemon Sunflower Gugelhupf is it is season-proof. So, it’s a perfect cake for any time…

Latkes are a big favorite for Jewish Holidays, especially at Hannukah. I can’t just leave a latke recipe alone. Admittedly, I love…

Recently Dr. B and I flew to Port Sudan to hop on a liveaboard boat to dive the south Sudan region of…

This is another recipe or version of it I have seen in German cooking magazines over the years. I love the idea…

Over the years I have lived in Europe, I never get tired of gawking at all the pretty marzipan goods at high-end…

This is what you do with leftover crushed potato chips people. I had roughly a cup full after making potato chip schnitzel.…

You know how every time you plan your fantasy  holiday menu and then the dang holiday sneaks up on you?  There never…

This cute cake is a result of another idea that was a fail. Sometimes nice surprises happen  when you mess up, people.…

Since I made those rabbit shaped potatoes to top caramelized carrot and fennel flammkuchen, I’ve been a little obsessed with making another…

Views of Lake Geneva and Mountains Everywhere They Annoyed Me A Lot Less Here Than NYC. Why is that?      …

Easter brunch offers up many possibilities for creative and fun food. I spied a version of these in a German cooking magazine…

I had a seed problem. Or rather my pantry had a seed problem. Different varieties of seeds, poppy, sesame, and sunflower, were…

A German pizza (Flammkuchen) for Easter sounds like a crazy,  culturally confused holiday dish. I assure you, the only think a bit…

This German marble bundt cake is a mix of chocolate and egg liquor flavors. As I said in my last post, Germans…