Things you wouldn’t know… about baking
Baking has been a very frustrating undertaking here in the US for me. You might be wondering, how so? The thing is that cakes and muffins never turned out to be quite right. The taste...
Category: food
Cupcakes for my love
{via my 365 project} In honor of J’s birthday – which is today! Hooray! – I unleashed my domestic goddess. I prepared a little birthday table for him this morning and baked some cupcakes (from...
Culinary excursions
What’s the most exotic food that you’ve ever tried? I’d like to think of myself as pretty open to new foods and new tastes. I am not a picky eater and there are not too...
Recipe: A Summer Snack
This weekend, I didn’t really want to cook and I, having a sweet tooth, had a craving for one of my Mom’s sweet treats. I don’t know if you were already able to figure out...
Happy Easter (Bread)!
Today I’ll be sharing with you the recipe for a traditional (German) Easter bread with which I have been tempting you for the last few years already. For those of you, who want to try...
Work it out weekends: healthy cooking
One of my goals last week was to cook every single night (from scratch). I made it sound like a huge goal, but to be honest, I am doing that pretty much most of the...
Our feast
J and I had a lovely Thanksgiving yesterday. We slept in and spent most of the day at home, drinking hot tea and anticipating our dinner. We started cooking together around 5 p.m. I prepared...
Happy Thanksgiving!
Today is a good day to reflect on all the good things in my life. I am thankful for my loving husband. I am thankful for my supportive, loving family (only an ocean away). I...