About me

I’m that rare thing, a native Berliner. In a series of earlier lives (allright, I’m not that old, I heard JFK’s famous „Ich bin ein Berliner“ as a baby in my pram, but unfortunately can’t remember it at all – but perhaps that’s why I wrote a book on Food Culture in Germany for American highschool students…) I started cooking even before I learned to read, later on studying and working as a chef and sommelier, including running my own hotel and restaurant on Lake Constance. After this self-imposed exile I returned to Berlin and built up an exclusive French wine and cheese shop.  » Weiterlesen…