Food Cultures in Germany: endlich wieder ein neues Buch!

Für mein englischsprachiges Erstlingswerk Food Culture of Germany war längst ein Update fällig: hier ist es, Food Cultures in Germany. Der Untertitel lautet Cuisine, Customs, and Issues, mit einer ausführlichen Chronologie, Anmerkungen und Bibliographie. Ideal als Einführung in die Esskultur in Deutschland. Wer dabei Appetit bekommt (excuse the pun ;), dem sei Beyond Bratwurst ans Herz gelegt, meine Kulturgeschichte des Essens (und Nicht-Essens) in Deutschland. » Weiterlesen…

Lesung aus Beyond Bratwurst (auf deutsch!) bei Diderot in Berlin: 30. November 2015, 19h

Ursula Heinzelmann

Essensschreiberin – Köchin – Weinkennerin und Käseexpertin liest aus ihrem neuen Buch (auf Deutsch)

Beyond Bratwurst

A History of Food in Germany » Weiterlesen…

More Bratwurst honours: my History of Food in Germany is shortlisted for the Fortnum & Mason Food and Drinks Award and the Guild of Food Writers Award

I know, I know, it’s a little… well, let’s say, common, to blow your own trumpet. But hey – I am so proud of my little Bratwurst kid and how well it’s doing out there in the world. It is shortlisted for the prestigious Fortnum & Mason Food and Drinks Award as well as the Guild of Food Writers Award!!! » Weiterlesen…

More on Beyond Bratwurst: reviews in the Sunday Telegraph, LA Times, South Africa’s Mail & Guardian, and the TLS

Folks, I am more than a little proud of my Bratwurst kid. In February it made it into renowned British food writer Bee Wilson’s column „The Kitchen Thinker“ in the Sunday Telegraph, there was an extremely well written review in the Los Angeles Times by S. Irene Virbila, today Nikki Werner writes about it at length in South Africa’s Mail & Guardian – and then, the Times Literary Supplement! » Weiterlesen…

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

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…