Eating Germany

More great Bratwurst milestones: reviews in Petits Propos Culinaires, The Oldie and a Sunday Times Food Book of the Year

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If this was a tweet, it would include the hashtag #veryhappyauthor: my Bratwurst book kid is indeed doing very well out there in the big wide world. In October the genial Tom Jaine included a very generous review in the latest issue of the classic Petits Propos Culinaires, November saw Elisabeth Luard writing about it in that charmingly British magazine The Oldie, complete with recipes and one of her lovely drawings. And then on the afternoon of the first Advent Sunday, my twitter account went a little viral when Diana Henry was letting the world know about it being amongst the Sunday Times Books of the Year. » Weiterlesen…

Eating Germany VII: a report on my Beyond Bratwurst talks at some US colleges

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For all of you who wonder if I ever return to my desk in Berlin: yes, I will! But at the moment I’m still on the American east coast, proudly showing my new book around while giving talks at Hamilton, Ithaca, Cornell, NYU… It is an immense pleasure and honor to meet so many students willing to listen and learn when I tell them about German cheese, history, national identity, and we then taste some of those Alpine beauties together. » Weiterlesen…

Eating Germany VI: sweet, tiny Nordseekrabben aka brown shrimps

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We call them crabs, but to be correct, these tiny pinkish brown creatures are shrimp, fished by specialized boats in the North Sea. As a kid, on the rare occasions my parents took my two younger brothers and me to a restaurant, I would invariably order a shrimp cocktail. » Weiterlesen…

Eating Germany V: get ready for the Biergarten!

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As soon as the temperature creeps up a bit, Germans are obsessed with eating outdoors. These last years beer gardens have been joined by beach bars (Strandbar) on urban river stretches, urban parks with designated areas for BYO barbecues (Grillzone), as well as the revival of the good old Balkonien, the home balcony. Modern culinary influences are present everywhere » Weiterlesen…

Eating Germany IV: you say Advocaat, I say Eierlikör

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What? Excuse me?  You think of Eierlikör aka Advocaat as strange gloopy stuff? Oh please, rethink. After all, mixologists presently revive all kinds of colorful sweet concoctions from Granny‘s and Auntie‘s drink cabinet. Eierlikör is actually a Dutch creation, but counts among the culinary peculiarities most Brits classify as ultra-German and utterly bewildering. » Weiterlesen…

Eating Germany III: hail Bärlauch, you harbinger of spring

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I recently shed a layer on my morning run as the sun is very slowly gaining in strength, and I can see the buds swelling on the trees in front of the kitchen window – spring is coming! Which means: Bärlauch time is around the corner. » Weiterlesen…

Eating Germany II: Bergkäse – mountain cheese calling!

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On the second leg of our Eating Germany tour, we go south, and we go cheese. When in Bavaria, forget the fairy-tale castle that is Neuschwanstein (all right, go, but after that) don your walking boots and discover new landscapes that are much more real! The local Käser and Hirten (or cheese-makers and herdsmen) are happy to talk cheese and cows. They have changed a bit since Heidi’s times » Weiterlesen…

Eating Germany I: German Bread – know your Brot from your Brötchen

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On this tour around Eating Germany, let’s start with the basics. In Germany this inevitably means bready substances, Brot und Brötchen, bread and rolls. I do apologize for the totally exaggerated length of this entry, but that comes with the subject I’m afraid – the multitudinous variety of bread and rolls in Germany is legendary. » Weiterlesen…

A new kid on the block: Beyond Bratwurst, my history of food in Germany

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I’m so excited. Praenatal anxiety has made way to pure joy and pride. My new one has entered this world! I’m very happy how all the stuff that was for so long safely folded up inside my writer’s head and soul has actually transformed into a book… Please meet Beyond Bratwurst, my history of food in Germany. Chronologically, from the gruel-eating Stone Age to Berlin’s Markthalle Neun today.
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