This post contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I’ll get a few pence if you buy anything – at no extra cost to you. EDIT: The cook and learn website doesn’t seem to get updated anymore, but there are still a lot of nice recipes for you to try out. When you start learning … Read more
Imagine you’re eating a meal in Germany, either in a restaurant or at somebody’s house, and you’re being asked: “Schmeckt’s?” (Or possibly ‘Schmeckt es dir/ Ihnen?’) because the host/ waiter wants to know if the meal tastes alright. What do you answer? A quick and easy answer could be “Ja, gut.” Or you could say … Read more
If you had asked that question when I was a little girl, the answer might have been a NO. Growing up I only knew of ‘Haferflocken’ (oats) and then Müsli and Conflakes. The word ‘Cerealien’ for cereal wasn’t even used because the only cereal was Conflakes. Thinks have changed over the years as the following … Read more
Imagine you’re in Germany on holiday or for work and you’ve enjoyed some lovely cups of German coffee but now you fancy a cup of tea. So off you go to the supermarket ….. and find a whole shelf with different types of teas. Which one should you buy? There are so many to choose … Read more
This post contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I’ll get a few pence if you buy anything – at no extra cost to you. On my last trip to Germany I saw all these nice breads and just had to take pictures of them: Don’t they make you feel hungry? If only they were … Read more
Last week I was sent this infographic about German cakes, made by the lovely people of swissôtel. I tried to write a blog post about it but only managed to drool over those cake pictures. As I can’t leave a ‘call to action’ and ask you, dear readers, to bake me one of those cakes, … Read more
Have you ever been to a German Christmas Market? Wooden stalls, marzipan, lovely Christmas decorations, mulled wine …… Wonderful, if you get the chance to go…. And if you don’t, there are now lots of Christmas markets around the world. Wikipedia even has a list. The most famous one in England is possibly the German … Read more
EDIT 2016: Sadly, the idea was more difficult to keep going than they thought and Emmas Enkel has been sold to a large supermarket chain. I still like the idea, so will leave my post. The Germans call a corner shop ‘Tante-Emma-Laden’ as children used to address the shop assistants as auntie, like Auntie Emma. … Read more
This post contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I’ll get a few pence if you buy anything – at no extra cost to you. While planning for a lesson today I found this lovely old children’s cookery book, which I was once given together with a cooking set. I couldn’t remember how old I … Read more
I’ve just read in a German online magazine that Hans Riegel died today at the age of 90. You are probably wondering who he was. He was the oldest son of Hans Riegel of Bonn, Germany. If you look at the bold letters you can see the word HARIBO. Yes, his father invented those Haribo sweets. According … Read more
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