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You’ve Got Mail

January 29, 2009

I was just watching You’ve Got Mail, starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, from back in the 90’s and a couple things really struck me. Dial up – remember that? Okay, according to my web stats, a few of my readers use dial up, and when I lived in Rostock and Potsdam, that too was [...]

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Baking soda gets big, well, bigger

December 20, 2008

I’m busy making Christmas cookies today, but wanted to drop all you expats in Germany a quick note. Yesterday while shopping for ingredients at Laaber’s very small Edeka supermarket, I noticed 250g bags of Natron (baking soda) for sale in the spice section. Sure, it’s about the size of the small Arm & Hammer boxes, [...]

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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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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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Spinach does a body good

February 2, 2007

On a recent shopping trip to Real in Regensburg, I discovered they had spinach! Spinach shows up from time to time in German supermarkets where I’ve lived, I’m hoping that it’s a regular feature of the supermarkets here (I don’t remember seeing it in the Real in Pentling and it’s not in our local [...]

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