Around the Food and Energy World in 10 Days

This will be my last post until the beginning of June. I’m going on vacation with my parents to the Provence and will be 14 kilometers from the nearest town, and consequently nowhere near an internet source.
However, I will leave you with a bit of reading I’ve been doing lately around the web. [...]

Salad Dressing and Olive Oil

I remember the story going something like this: One evening early in my parents’ relationship they were cooking dinner together. My mom said, “I’ll wash the salad if you make the dressing.” My dad looked at her, “Make?” He’d never thought of making dressing, and didn’t know where to begin. [...]

Dishwater?

A while back I gave you all an introduction to Radeberger beer. I had been pretty supportive of it, and I remain so in general. I try my best to offer guests a taste of Radeberger when they come, and I have been on the brewery tour twice now. However, I understand [...]

Grocery Store Advertising

Photo from: Tchibo
There are a few grocery stores in my town, but only two I go to regularly, Edeka and Lidl, each for its own reasons. In Germany grocery stores don’t have the all-in-one shopping arrangement available in the States. While an American “grocery store” will have a jewelers as well as a [...]