Butterkuchen – Germany’s (sweet) answer to Focaccia?
I have these random food epiphanies sometimes. Like what is hummus if not a sort of vegan mayonnaise (where the
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yeast
Pan de Muerto and Café de Olla – just in time for Día de los Muertos / Allsaints
Sitting in a cafe with a cup of coffee while reading a book or working on a blog post, maybe
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Sunshine Brioche
2019 was a year of huge change for me. Most of it very good, but some of it was also
German Streuseltaler with an Orange Blossom Cheesecake Filling and Buttery Crumble Topping
Two of my closest girlfriends are having babies this year. Both are German, like myself, and again, like myself, both
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Manoush
If you have ever bought Za’atar outside of a Western supermarket, you will have noticed it is usually sold in
Garam Masala Couronne
As much as I love Rome and love Italian food, something I do miss dearly from my London days is variety and decent international cuisine. Yes, there are some sushi restaurants in Rome, there is a very good Ethopian restaurant not far from our flat, we have located a Vietnamese that isn’t half-bad and a Thai place that is do-able, but still, restaurants offering international cuisine tend to be few and far between in Rome and most offer food that has been tailored to the Italian palate (a vegetable stir-fry I once had and that consisted of vegetables that had basically been cooked to death is a stellar example, or the many Chinese restaurants serving the rice or noodles before your meat or fish course – similar to the Italian distinction between the ‘primo’ dish of pasta or risotto and the ‘secondo’ meat or fish course). Similarly, for a country that starts its day with sugar-laden pastries, breakfast ‘cookies’ and
French Brioche
I learnt an important lesson last week: once in a while you should check the expiration date of your fast
REAL SIMPLE FOOD 