Awhile back I bought myself some German cookbooks. Although I regularly read wonderful food blogs in English (e.g, Everbody Likes Sandwiches and Pinch my Salt), I find it difficult to translate both the measurements and the English into German — especially for those items that I would not recognize even in an American grocery store. …
“When you can eat just about anything nature has to offer,” Michael Pollan writes in The Omnivore’s Dilemma, “deciding what you should eat will inevitably stir anxiety.” Nothing has made me think longer and harder about my food choices than this book by Michael Pollan. Focusing on the U.S.’s “national eating disorder” and attempting to …
Inspired by the goodness of Thanksgiving feasts everywhere, I could not resist a photographic mosaic of delicious food. Plus, maybe I am hungry too. Also, I will be throwing together a Color Week starting on Monday. Each day of the week is dedicated to one color, and I will be posting photos each day with …
In Germany, we moved our clocks back one hour last night. And when we are in New York next week for the marathon, we will get to do it again. Two extra hours in one week, how awesome is that? We arrive in New York on Tuesday afternoon, so that Daniel won’t be jet-lagged for …