Recipes

I’m spicing it up with allspice on this Macarons Monday. Macaron Monday is something I started without fanfare on this here blog…

Whenever I make gingerbread cookies, no matter what recipe I am using, I double the spices, add cardamon powder and sometimes even…

We just arrived home to Germany yesterday.  Jet lag be damned, I am so excited to be back in my kitchen, visit…

These were born out of an epic white chocolate/eggnog truffle fail. Last year after several attempts to make eggnog truffles,  I stashed…

A few month ago ago, we had a lovely colleague visiting from Istanbul and she brought with her several boxes of Turkish…

Lebkuchengewuerz is very popular in Germany over the Christmas holidays. It’s a spice mix that is a milder form of gingerbread flavors…

This is the last post in my series. This week we have already visited markets in  Cologne, Germany and Colmar France.  Stay…

Over the many years I lived in Europe, I have visited countless Christmas markets in many different countries. Last December I posted a…

Over the many years I lived in Europe, I have visited countless Christmas markets in many different countries. Last December I posted a…

Even thought it’s a holiday weekend, I am skipping my usual end of month post where I publish a round up of…

As I write this, these delicious nuggets are sitting in my fridge waiting their turn on the Thanksgiving dessert table.  When planning…

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

These were a big leap of faith for me. I had thought about using  Indian spices again after making these fennel macarons.…

For a scorpio, my scorpion experience has not been great so far. Once in Belize, I made the rookie mistake of leaving…

These fall inspired caklets were an audition for a Thanksgiving dessert. They passed the test with flying colors.  At Thanksgiving, I like…

My mother is so cute. Since she has been aware of this blog, she’s always cutting recipes out of newspapers and magazines…

I don’t know why but these seemed to be the perfect November French macaron flavor. I love love love clove, probably much…

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

How much do we love Orange is the New Black series on Netflix? I watched the entire season in two days. The…

Instead of spending the entire weekend in the country, this time we stayed halfsies in the city solely to check out this…