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How to eat American restaurant food without leaving home

December 16, 2008

I blogged about this topic briefly in passing, but now I think it’s deserves it’s own post. A while back, I got the book Top Secret Restaurant Recipes: Creating Kitchen Clones from America’s Favorite Restaurant Chains by Todd Wilbur (also available at Amazon.de) and it’s follow-up Top Secret Restaurant Recipes 2. It’s been nine months [...]

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A Kaffee und Kuchen Extravaganza!

March 16, 2008

I made it, 5 out of 5 cakes completed, and only 1 hour after the party started! LOL!
I had a blast and gotta thank Cliff and Sarah for the delicious selection of coffees and Hezamarie and Alex for the great espresso. I think the cakes actually turned out pretty well this time around. Except for [...]

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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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I’m a busy little bee

February 23, 2007

Next week is going to be a pretty exciting week. The Oscars are Sunday night, not sure I’m going to stay up for them. Monday morning we have our super duper second trimester ultrasound at St. Hedwig’s hospital where we will most likely find out the sex of the baby. I will try to post [...]

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More Thanksgiving Recipes

November 29, 2006

I am completely exhausted. No matter how much sleep I get, I always feel like I just pulled a couple all-nighters. Then I had a doctor’s appointment today (at 7:30am) and the doctor is sick and I need to come back tomorrow (I might just wait till Friday, just to be sure she’s [...]

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Danke danke danke!

November 25, 2006

So our one-day-late Thanksgiving/Going-Away Party went off without a hitch. Although I was just about exhausted from all the cooking by the time the first guests arrived (20 minutes early, that’s Prussian timeliness for you). Charlie actually behaved himself, in fact, I believe he very much enjoyed being the center of attention (btw, [...]

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One Night in Regensburg, Three Nights in Bonn

November 23, 2006

I think I don’t like traveling anymore. It’s yet another sign that I am aging faster mentally than I am chronologically. This last weekend I spent in Bonn, then we zipped down for a quick visit to Regensburg, then Tuesday night we returned to Potsdam. And I am just now recovered, well, almost.
So my own [...]

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