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wedding in the woods + the honeybee signature cocktail

25. June 2024
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the venue: hidden in the Ontarian woods at the bride’s parents’ place the mood: misty and enchanted the guests: friends and family came from Canada, the U.S., HongKong, Greece and Germany to celebrate Sara and Peter. There’s nothing better than extending the family! the food: a delightful variety of dishes, occasionally with a Canadian hint 🍁 (note to self: must urgently ask for the recipe of the homemade wedding cake. A lemony tiered masterpiece baked […]

December reads

4. December 2021
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Barbarians at the GateBryan Burrough and John Helyar PachinkoMin Jin Lee Empire of PainThe Secret History of the Sackler DynastyPatrick Radden Keefe GastrophysicsProfessor Charles Spence Der Klang der WälderNatsu Miyashita The Seven Husbands of Evelyn HugoTaylor Jenkins Reid Vom Wachsen und WerdenSue Stuart-Smith

the secret rose garden

23. June 2020
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On a cloudy day mid-June I was invited into my friend’s rose garden. She has a beautiful collection of historical roses growing in wild bushes and blooming only once a year. Their special charm lies in their wildness. They are not pruned into shapes or put into arrangements. The first thing you notice is the lovely scent wafting through the garden – especially on a warm summer day after the rain. Their names are full […]

spring 2020 book list

22. March 2020
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Before the coffee gets coldToshikazu Kawaguchi Essbare WildpflanzenSteffen Guido FleischhauerJürgen GuthmannRoland Spiegelberger The Inner Game of MusicBarry Green Veg in One BedHuw Richards Monsieur VuongDas Kochbuch Climate – A New StoryCharles Eisenstein Sacred EconomicsCharles Eisenstein The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is PossibleCharles Eisenstein On Earth We’re Briefly GorgeousOcean Vuong Black Box ThinkingMatthew Syed

winter 2018 booklist

10. March 2018
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Hunger Roxane Gay Finanz-Tsunami Ernst Wolff Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders Charisma James Salter Die Geschichte des verlorenen Kindes Elena Ferrante Falke: Biographie eines Räubers Helen McDonald Das Genie Klaus Cäsar Zehrer The Silk Roads: A New History of the World Peter Frankopan Die Kieferninseln Marion Poschmann Nannion Andreas Androutsellis-Theotokis The Bees Laline Paull

summer 2017 booklist

10. August 2017
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  Meine geniale Freundin Elena Ferrante Die Geschichte eines neuen Namens Elena Ferrante The Secret Life of Colour Kassia St Clair the Airbnb story Leigh Gallagher Die Angst, das Risiko und die Liebe Omer Meir Wellber JFK   Staatsstreich in Amerika Mathias Bröckers Alexander von Humboldt und die Entdeckung der Natur Andrea Wulf Kew Gardens  Das Kochbuch Royal Botanic Gardens Kew The Nix Nathan Hill Nights at the Circus Angela Carter  

winter booklist

12. January 2017
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Nach einer wahren Geschichte Delphine de Vigan Ein Winter in Wien Petra Hartlieb Die Schäferin von Yorkshire Amanda Owen Martin Eden Jack London Die Wahrheit vor Gericht Klaus Volk Mein letzter Seufzer Luis Buñuel Deliciously Ella with Friends Ella Mills Die Schuld der Anderen Gila Lustiger Bogmail Patrick McGinley Die Känguru-Chroniken Marc-Uwe Kling