Category: food

{source: my flickr} As I mentioned last week, winter time is all about yummy soups and stews. Since I am practically making a vegetable soup once a week, I thought I would share this delicious recipe with you as well. According to my Mom, this can be turned into a...

food/NaBloPoMo/recipe

Recipe: Comfort Food

November 20, 2011

{source: my flickr} In the winter, I have a real big craving for what I call my “comfort food” – not to be confused with what “comfort food” stands for in the US. Comfort food for me in the winter are soups, stews and anything mashed potato. So, here’s a...

food/Germany/holidays/NaBloPoMo

St Martin’s Day

November 13, 2011

On Friday was “Veteran’s Day” here in the US. In Germany, we celebrate St. Martin’s Day on November, 11. It’s a catholic tradition and the feast day of Saint Martin of Tours, “who was baptized as an adult and became a monk. It is understood that he was a kind...

food/NaBloPoMo/Things you wouldn't know

Things you wouldn’t know: German Sandwiches

November 6, 2011

A while back, I had started a series that was called “Things you wouldn’t know”, addressing life as a German expat, living in a country far away from home, where one encounters a whole lot of things that are just different. Some things are significant, others barely noticeable. Recently, we had...

food/guest blog post/recipe

Guest Post: Kim makes Jam

August 3, 2011

hey everyone, i’m kim from notcrazyunwell.com and am happy to guest post for san, while she’s hopefully enjoying every minute of her family’s visit! i promised a little while ago on my blog to post a DIY about how i made jam and figured it’d be a nice thing to...

food/recipe

Homemade Tuna and Mushroom Pizza

July 25, 2011

I know some of you think that I have a “strange” choice of pizza toppings – tuna is a topping that I haven’t been able to find at any pizza place in the US, but let me assure you, it’s absolutely normal in Italy and it’s absolutely delicious!!! I made...

food/my so-called life/photography/weekend

Tapa the World

June 27, 2011

J and I took a little trip to Europe on Saturday. Well, not literally. You know that’s not possible in a 24-hour day (when’s the teleporter finally going to be invented, I ask!), but we definitely felt like we were in Europe sitting on the street patio of this fantastic...

Expat stories/food/holidays

Easter weekend

April 25, 2011

I have to say, holidays are always a little tough for me. Not being able to spend time with family on holidays is really something that weighs heavy on my heart time and time again and I don’t expect it to get easier any time soon. While my whole family...