From the monthly archives:

March 2009

Acting in Anger

March 31, 2009
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Real German Cuisine Challenge: Pharisäer

March 30, 2009

This week’s challenge was to make a Pharisäer (Pharisee), a coffee and rum drink from the North Sea coastal area of Germany.  There’s a cute story that goes along with the recipe, that the residents put whipped cream on top of the spiked coffee to “hide the sin” from the preacher.  When he discovered their [...]

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Weekly Winners – 29 March 2009

March 29, 2009

March 22-28, 2009 On Sunday, I made Sauerbraten, and Oliver made a mess, throwing all my chopped vegetables on to the floor – but Charlie helped clean up Remember to scoop the poop! Storm approaching Jar of homemade vanilla extract (you can read my how-to post if you’re interested in doing this yourself – it’s [...]

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Help plan the Whiney Expat Bloggers’ Unmissable Meetup 2009

March 26, 2009

Voting on the location is going on now over on the Whiney Expat Bloggers’ Unmissable Meetup (WE-BUM) Forum.  It’s in the second round (yeah, I’m a little late getting this up), and the finalist cities are Berlin, Munich and Heidelberg.  Are you an expat blogger interested in meeting some of your fellow expat bloggers?  Get over [...]

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Real German Cuisine Challenge: Rheinischer Sauerbraten

March 23, 2009

This week’s challenge was Rheinischer Sauerbraten (Rhineland sauerbraten) with Schneebällchen (small potato dumplings).  This was pretty much a complete disaster, though it was not at all the recipes fault.  I love Sauerbraten, it’s one of my favorite German dishes, so I was really looking forward to today and nothing seemed to go my way. I [...]

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Weekly Winners – 22 March 2009

March 22, 2009

March 15 – 21, 2009 I had a busy week and didn’t take a lot of pictures, so there are all from yesterday at sunset when I ran around the neighborhood looking for stuff to photograph for today! “I can use the big boy swing now!” Our landlord chopping down a tree Dried flowers in [...]

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Speaking of Food

March 18, 2009

This last week, it feels like my life has revolved around food.  Of course, if you know me, you’re probably thinking, when does her life not revolve around food?  Yes, I love my eats, I even plan foodie vacations, but this week has felt even more food-centric than usual. At midnight Thursday, I eagerly ripped [...]

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