Recipe: Winter Vegetable Soup
{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...
Category: food
Recipe: Comfort Food
{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...
St Martin’s Day
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...
Things you wouldn’t know: German Sandwiches
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...
Guest Post: Kim makes Jam
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...
Homemade Tuna and Mushroom Pizza
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...
Tapa the World
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...
Easter weekend
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...