Dresdner Stollen

Posted on December 29, 2006 by kchocolate3

I hope you all aren’t beginning to be upset at the less-than-normal amount of posting I’ve been doing. Although there isn’t really an excuse, the holiday season swept me away, and I’ve been visiting my parents in Tübingen for the past week. However, don’t fear, as I am back now from a wonderful [...]

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Posted on December 25, 2006 by kchocolate3

I hope you’ve all had a fun, happy, safe holiday! I went down to my parent’s apartment in Tübingen and celebrated (along with my parents) with my aunt Inge from Australia, my sister Hanna from Japan, and my grandmother from the Lake of Constance (my grandmother I call Oma, but her real name is [...]

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Menu for Hope III

Posted on December 17, 2006 by kchocolate3

I’m not one of the amazing bloggers personally hosting this event; however, I’d like to take a moment and let you know about this wonderful event in the food blog world.
Pim, from Chez Pim, began Menu for Hope three years ago to raise money for a charity program during the holidays. Food bloggers donate [...]

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Weihnachtsfeier!

Posted on December 17, 2006 by kchocolate3

All week this week I haven’t been posting as regularly, not because I don’t love you anymore, but because I’ve been cooking. Surprise, surprise! I was testing the limits of my Amelie kitchen, specifically my mini oven, in preparation for the Christmas party I threw for my friends here in Dresden yesterday. Each [...]

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    Lots of people get around to posting things before I do. This column is devoted to what's hot (and those posts and articles that I wish I'd had the time or inspiration to write). Remember something I mentiond before but can't find it here? Check in the archives.

    Community Garden Resources
    Join in the gardening craze this year and plant your own garden! Now is the time to start planning, and in some parts of the country and world to start planting.
    Stephen Albert's book Kitchen Garden Grower's Guide is a great place to start planning.
    Organic Gardening offers helpful tips and techniques for your garden.
    The American Community Garden Association has a list of gardens as well as helpful tips to start a garden in areas where land is at a premium.

    Slow Food Nation
    If you're in the San Francisco Bay Area on Labor Day weekend, park your car, hop on the BART, and check out the Slow Food USA's largest food event yet: Slow Food Nation. Spend a weekend eating great food, listing to music, learning about sustainable food alternatives, and celebrating food with a bunch of other people who value it too. People are worried, with right, that the Victory Garden will be pulled up after the event, but let's look at it this way: if San Francisco can pull this off, maybe other cities around the nation (and world) can emulate it in their own ways and we'll start having "food fairs" just like we now have state and county fairs. Now wouldn't that be tasty?

    Coffee and Tea
    The New York Times blog has posted on flavored coffee. I agree: as someone who grew up in the Pacific Northwest among coffee purists, blueberry coffee does not sound good to me. Furthermore, today's Boston Globe has posted on iced tea around the area here. Check it out, my cafe (Darwin's) plays a starring role!

    Art Fair Season
    For me, these festivals are the epitome of summer. The Salem Art Association's art fair is what I grew up on - a weekend when art, music, and food took over our city park and celebrated. So it came as a pleasant surprise when I found out that Somerville, where I now live in Massachusetts, is having its own festival in Davis Square next weekend, July 18-19. If you're looking for a festival near you, check out this great database for art fairs all over the US. And when you go, try to find an elephant ear - the yummiest thing you'll ever eat at a fair.