Karottensalat

Food presentation is an interesting phenomenon. Not the fact that one can have a career in making food look pretty (which is admittedly impressive), but the fact that we have the need for making food look pretty in the first place. No matter what our first-grade teachers told us about finding the beauty [...]

Illegal Coffee (WWF Report)

The World Wildlife Fund published a report last week that illegally-grown coffee in the world heritage site and Indonesian national forest of Bukit Barisan Selatan (BBS) is destroying up to 30% of the forest, which is home to animals such as tigers, elephants, and rhinos (some of which are on the endangered list). This [...]

Crème de Marron

Roasted chestnuts are a staple of German Christmas markets. I know what you’re thinking: “Why are you writing about Christmas markets again? It’s January for goodness’ sakes!” Well, my answer to you my dear reader, is I’m not writing about Christmas markets. I’m writing about chestnuts. Of course, this does remind [...]

Radeberger Exportbierbrauerei

I seem to live in cities here in Germany that are closely tied to food and drink: having lived in Hamburg, I would call myself a “Hamburger.” The double meaning in this is obvious. Similarly, I live in Radeberg, where one could call its inhabitants “Radeberger.” However, most Germans will know that [...]