Totally unexpected we woke up to a white Christmas morning. Inspired by the magic of the snow I prepared some Bratäpfel in grandma’s copper snail pot ( this pot has 12 small dents to fit the snail shells, but we weren’t planning to use it for the original purpose any time soon). Quick recipe: remove centre of apple with the seeds and stem, fill with almond butter, plum jam and pistachios, sprinkle with cinnamon. No […]
Russell James, the raw chef, shows how to prepare a chia seed porridge. Don’t miss this beautiful and informative film about yoga. Christmas time is cooking time; maybe these cooking techniques on nytimes video will come in handy. Do you love Tom Ka Soup as much as me? Here’s step-by-step how to prepare the most delicious vegan Tom Ka Soup. Just skyped with my daughter Vik “Oh, you are posting weekend links? You MUST post this video. […]
When two people marry it usually involves a fusion of traditions. Especially in the time of Advent and Christmas I love to go back to a recipe that I learned from my family in law: The Thuringian Stollen! My family used to bake basketfuls of Christmas cookies, but no Stollen at all, so I adopted the Thuringian version as my own. Now, of course, Dresden is the hometown of the world’s most famous Stollen. I […]
crostini with one of Sylvia Richter-Krancher’s herb butter gugls