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Baked Maccheroni

January 27, 2012

This recipe is adapted from the Baked Ziti with Sausage recipe in Saveur: The New Comfort Food – Home Cooking from Around the World. 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil 500 grams Bratwurst or other sausage, removed from casings (~ about 1 lb) 1 medium carrot, minced 1 medium onion, minced 1 medium parsley root, [...]

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Real German Cuisine Challenge: Märkischer Rindfleischtopf (Mark Brandenburg Beef Stew)

November 2, 2009

This week’s recipe challenge was Märkischer Rindfleischtopf (Mark Brandenburg Beef Stew).  The Mark Brandenburg is the area including and surrounding the city of Berlin.  I wasn’t too impressed with the local cuisine when we lived in Berlin and in Potsdam, but the recipes from this book for that region have been pretty good. This is the first [...]

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A weekend of success

September 9, 2007

Friday night, Cliff and Sarah joined us for Thai dinner. I ended up not having the time to make anything but the Panang Beef beforehand, so they (and Rainer) were enlisted as my sous chefs when they arrived, and let me tell you, it’s nice to have sous chefs! Our meal consisted of the aforementioned [...]

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Panang Beef Curry

September 9, 2007

ingredients 19 oz can of coconut milk 3 T. Panang curry paste 400g beef, sliced 1 cup green peas 2 T. Thai fish sauce 2 t. palm sugar (brown or regular sugar can be substituted) 12 pair Kaffir lime leaves, finely sliced (lime zest can be substituted) directions 1. Scoop the thick cream from the [...]

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Grillspass and Mango Salad

June 11, 2007

Last night we had Cliff and Sarah over for a little Thai/American Grillparty. They brought Mac’n’Cheese and Thai coleslaw (you should post the recipe, Cliff), while we made Green Mango Salad, Bangkok-style BBQ chicken, Thai steak, Thai iced coffee, corn on the cob and a nice citrus buttercream with lime curd filling cake. With me [...]

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A lot of this and that

June 6, 2007

You may or may not have noticed, but I’ve decided to change my Blogger screenname to “Christina G”, in order to avoid confusion with Christina (Mausi). I thought about using “CG” instead, as that has been a nickname of mine in the past, but I figure there are a lot more “CG”s out there than [...]

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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 [...]

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