You might like to know that we were discussing all the protesting against „The Da Vinci Code“ before. It might make a bit more sense then. Or it might not. Jamie: I’m craving tomatoes again. Jamie: Something’s wrong with me. Erin: Heh. No. Tomatoes rock. Jamie: I know, but the craving came so sudden. Jamie: […]

I think I ate too many tomatoes today. At least the sudden and unexpected craving is gone.

I just have an urgent and intense craving for a tomato sandwich. I can’t believe this. My kingdom for a tomato sandwich, delicately spiced up with salt, pepper and onions! My kingdom, if you care to know, is a fine apartment in a medium sized town in Germany, complete with lots of books and CDs, […]

On Friday I learned that there’s a very dangerous combination of shortcuts that one should only use in moments of absolute concentration (i.e. not on a Friday afternoon). Here it goes: CTRL + A (starting the desaster) CTRL + C (happily going along with it) CTRL + A (doing it once again because it’s so […]

I really really want to make some Shoo-Fly Pie. I tried to find a German recipe, because a) I still don’t know how much a cup is supposed to be and b) some of the ingredients confuse me and I would prefer someone telling me the German equivalent. I had Shoo-Fly Pie in Nappanee, because […]

I hardly ever buy fruit. It’s not that I don’t like fruit, I just forget to buy it. And when I remember to buy it, I forget to eat it. Right now I have two delicious oranges on the kitchen counter, waiting to be eaten. I just never think about it. And when I do, […]

Here’s the cake. I’m glad that it didn’t just collapse. The middle layer was our main worry, but it we managed to get it to my cousin’s in one piece – better even: in three pieces. I must admit I am a bit proud (although my mom did most of the work, I was just […]

I recently got into the whole cocktail thing. Remember the cocktail set I gave my husband for his last birthday? Did I write about that? If no, you know now. I gave him a cocktail set. You know, one of these completely selfish presents, because he wouldn’t possibly make cocktails just for himself, but also […]

Because all of you wouldn’t stop and some of you already started ingredient inquiries (and were successful, DAMN!), I feel I cannot let you wait any longer. I tried my best to translate this into English, but you just don’t know how hard it is to translate a recipe into another language. Well, what can […]

See here for a Wikipedia entry for the mysterious German dairy product that is „Quark“. So what other product that you could actually get somewhere would come closest? Of course, I can get Quark anytime I want. It’s right next to yoghurt, cream and sour cream which is NOT the same as American sour cream, […]