Believe me, this drink has been a real challenge to photograph! Due to the mixture of the violet acai berry powder, the dark orange quince sauce and the green portulaca leaves it quickly adopted an uninviting brownish greyish colour (just like a facial mud pack!) I took two nice glasses we inherited from Grandpa – those with the silver rims, poured in the drink and decorated it with pieces of beautiful apple skin. Now a […]
There’s a very nice Deli just beside Zeitenströmung, Dresden, Königsbrücker Straße 96. Recently I went there with a friend, and our mission “lunch” was a true success! I recommend you give it a try if you are in the area. The atmosphere is relaxed, food and wine delicious! If you happen to stand in front of the Elements Restaurant (hungry as we both were) looking for the Deli, just follow the street in direction of the […]
October 14th, 2011 the Museum of Military History has been reopened after 7 years of reconstruction and extension. Both, architecture (see my January post) and exhibition are breathtaking!
What sounds like the protagonist of a Japanese action movie or some blackish shimmering ornamental fish is actually the most delicious kind of pumpkin I had tried in a while. Last week Mr. Herzog, my regional vegetable provider, had recommended it to me. Pure chestnut, only smoother and less dry – and it combined so perfectly with the last field-grown tomatoes! Black Futsu with the last field-grown tomatoes Slice the pumpkin (2cm each slice) and […]
Figs in Germany?? “Too cold”, you may think. Well; Heidelberg, the city where I was born, makes a great exception. It lies in a valley, so the weather conditions are rather untypical: hot in summer, mild in winter and humid all year round! I came for a visit, right on time to help my mother with the figs. I spent a day on a ladder and another one in the kitchen making two types of […]
1. Wait for a sunny day, drag a big table onto the grass and assemble chairs around it. Lay the table. Flowers and tablecloth optional but highly recommended. 2. Prepare the following: Fresh bread, I used italian rosemary bread, olive bread and simple ciabatta Hummus (1 can of chickpeas + 3tbs olive oil + juice of half a lemon + chopped onion +salt + pepper + spices – INTO THE BLENDER as above) Tomato and […]
My friend’s plum tree was having a good year, in fact so good that Michaela found it impossible to eat all the plums herself. I transformed the basket of plums into this delicious, melting-in-your-mouth cream. Michaela’s original recipe contains 10 tbs of rum, I just used 4 tbs and still didn’t feel too sure if driving is still ok. Have a try yourselves with as many tbs of rum you think you can handle! 500g plums […]
We didn’t wait for the first signs of a flu to sip a cup of linden blossom tea, this summer’s harvest. It is a gift from friends from Lipniky, a tiny slovakian village, which precisely got its name from an enormous old linden tree. And talking about linden blossoms: did you ever smell a linden tree in full blossom? It’s intense, dizzying, luring, evoking jasmine and tuberose….. Lucky the one who can sleep the siesta […]