Ursula Heinzelmann, Wein- & Essenschreiberin
Mothers are allowed to be proud of their offspring, and authors should be excused for jumping with joy when their books make their way in the world. Therefore I’m indulging in a little shouting here: Beyond Bratwurst, my book about the history of food in Germany (Reaktion, London) made it into HARVARD! Juchhu and hooray. A glass of Riesling to celebrate is certainly due tonight… » Weiterlesen…
If I tell you that I’m writing this in Athens, looking at the Acropolis, on the last day of my first ever trip to Greece, you’ll easily guess where my cheese of the month is coming from this time. In fact, it is not one, but three, as my food-writing colleague Aglaia Kremezi and her husband Costas Maraitis collected an amazing selection of artisanal cheeses from their home country for an extensive tasting and I just could not settle on a single one. » Weiterlesen…
Was für eine Party… danke! An alle, die gekommen sind von nah und fern, mit mir gelacht, getrunken und gegessen und meine beiden Buch-Kids gefeiert haben. Eure Großzügigkeit war grenzenlos: wir haben Grandioses in den Gläsern gehabt, supergute Käse, Wurst, Räucherlachskrem und Rote-Bete-Mousse zu großartigem Brot genossen, eigenhändig den Frühling eingerollt und sind wie die Bienen um die Süßwein-Schatzkiste geschwirrt. » Weiterlesen…
I’ve told the story many times during the last month, touring the northeast of the US with cheese and new book baby in tow: the reason why I got involved so deeply, with all my heart and soul (and hopefully brain too), with the new German cheese was in fact an American cheese tasting. And that’s why my cheese of the month is Humboldt Fog, a goat cheese from northern California.
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I’m thrilled and proud to report that Linda Pelaccio, the mind behind the Taste of the Past show on Heritage Radio did an interview with me and it’s on air! You can listen to us discussing my book Beyond Bratwurst and German food history now, anywhere, anytime – it’s just a click away. » Weiterlesen…