American food

Get 25% off at Hello Food!

June 8, 2008

Hello Food, a German site that carries American and Canadian foods, is discontinuing their online store. All orders over 35 Euro are 25% off. This almost makes the prices palatable. So get over there and see if there’s something you want to order before everything sells out. Happy shopping!

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Video Wednesday: Oliver is obsessed with my Flip camcorder

April 30, 2008

I’m all better, but Oliver is sick (I think he’s teething. Something they don’t tell you before you become a parent: teething babies spew fluids out of both ends. And they cry all night. Yeah, fun.) Anyways, we bought a wireless router and as soon as Oliver is well, and the router is set up, [...]

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Fun in Regensburg

April 27, 2008

I’m back and healthy again (I had one butt-kicking cold, Oliver had a runny nose for two days – thank goodness for breastfeeding!). Spring has finally come, plus we had our monthly Regensburg meetup today – brunch did not prove all that popular in the end, so we’ll probably stick to dinners in the future, [...]

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Household and Personal Products

July 15, 2007

Here’s a list with some household and personal products that can be found in Germany. I had three goals in making this list:

List American brands that are sold under a different name here
List commonly searched for items by expats that may not be easily found
And give Stiftung Warentest (a German “Consumer Reports”-type magazine) recommendations – [...]

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American food and cooking substitutes

May 31, 2007

Finding product replacements for your favorite foods and snacks is always tough for new expats (and occasionally some of us more experienced expats as well)! Here’s my attempt to help out and I have to admit, I learned quite a bit in my research for this post.
Baking

Baking Powder – Most North American baking powder is [...]

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As Turkey Day Approaches…

October 22, 2006

I find myself looking wistfully up at the sky and saying in my best Homer Simpson voice, “Mmmm… Turkey….” *of course accompanied by drool dribbling down chin, wide open mouth and tongue loosely hanging out to the left*
Does anyone know where one can find a fresh turkey in the Berlin/Potsdam area??? My dog walking buddies [...]

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