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Swabian Pizza comes from the region close to the Alsace. This is the reason why it is also known as tarte flambée. Furthermore it is the easiest way to have an amazingly quick dinner on the table and still enjoy a freshly made dish. You only need about 15 minutes to prepare, basically the time your […]
This cake is a Bavarian specialty. The very original Bavarian Plumb Cake or Zwetschgendatschi is from Augsburg. A “Datschi” is a plum cake where the plumbs get pressed into the dough, which comes from the word datschen or detschen respectively. This cake is a great one, for any Sunday afternoon. It takes about 75 minutes […]
The south-west of Germany, the so called Schwabenland is home to the Maultasche, hence the regional description “schwäbische Maultasche”. In the early days any leftovers from the days before, were used to be the filling for the Pasta Squares without the family members noticing. In the period of fasting meat was forbidden. So people filled […]
It was back in 2014, when I worked out of Houston and went for a weekend trip to San Francisco. There I was on one of these sightseeing busses. At one bus stop I bumped into a couple and was asked to take a photo of them. What has this to do with Leipzig, you […]
Apple cake has a long German tradition. Like lemon trees in New Zealand, we have apple trees in our backyards. Since the medieval age, apples have been used in autumn to bake and cook sweet dishes. Now that we have apples available all year round, there is no need to wait till autumn and harvest […]
Lübeck is, again, one of the cities of the Hanse trade union that Hamburg, Rostock, Bremen, Wismar and many others belonged to. Lübeck is only about 45 minutes away from Hamburg. So, if you are in the area around Hamburg, take your rental car or the Regio train from Hamburg main station, which goes every […]
When you go into a German bakery and ask for a German wholegrain bread- this is what you usually get. I can assure you – this wholegrain bread will be as tasty, if not even better than what you expect. If you have someone staying over for dinner and you only have coldcuts- this is what you […]
Schloss (Castle) Drachenburg and Germany’s oldest Rack Railway It is a great place to go visit on a Sunday afternoon. The journey starts probably with the ferry from Mehlem crossing the Rhine over to the other side to Königswinter. Carry on walking straight ahead through Königswinter for another 10 minutes and you are at the […]