Wild garlic pesto

Wild garlic pesto

by | Apr 29, 2010 | Expat Life, Food, Garden, Travel

Wild garlic (Allium ursinum AKA bear’s garlic, ramsons or Bärlauch in German) is a wonderful chive cousin that we’re lucky to have growing in our courtyard and a bit in our garden too. At Mackenzie’s christening dinner, we were served a wild garlic soup that was just...
The best recipe for beef burgers

The best recipe for beef burgers

by | Apr 27, 2010 | Food

For many, many years (probably since we moved to Germany), we have been on a quest for a really good burger recipe. We’ve tried several that have been tasty, but they were never just right. Some of them were best suited for spreading on the bun and eating it...

Smoked Salmon Pasta

by | Apr 13, 2010 | Food

Over Easter I bought all the goodies needed to have smoked salmon with potato pancakes for breakfast. But I ended up with way too much salmon (as usual) and not enough potato pancakes…so what to do? I’ve been to a few Italian restaurants where they served a smoked...
German Red Cabbage Recipe

German Red Cabbage Recipe

by | Mar 23, 2010 | Food, German Specialties

There are few German foods that I find more heavenly than stewed red cabbage. I don’t know what it is exactly but I could seriously eat my weight in the stuff. I know I’ve mentioned it before, but I mean it. To be honest, it seems to be something about shredded...