Actually, I wanted to wait with a new post until the new ballhead for my tripod has arrived from USA. My old one got broken some time ago, and the new one is stuck at the German customs office. But yesterday I baked this heavenly Rueblitorte and it was so delicious that I didn´t want to withhold it from you. Believe me, you have to try it! This recipe is a […] Continue reading →

  Here it is, from overseas. My first kitchen machine ever. I own a food processor, a blender, even a rice cooker, but until this day I´ve never had an electric mixer. I didn´t mind whipping cream, beating eggs and mixing batter by hand. But since I have discovered the joy of baking bread I was longing for a kitchen machine every time I was kneading yeast […] Continue reading →

One of my great pleasures is watching cooking shows. Good ones, of course, e.g. with Nigella Lawson, Nigel Slater, Gordon Ramsey, Hugh Fernley-Wittingstall, Jamie Oliver, you name it. But that is exactly the problem. Did you notice that I mentioned no German chef? Unlike other countries in Germany we suffer from an acute shortage of intriguing TV-cooking shows, at least of some to my […] Continue reading →

  Recipe source: River cottage Handbook No.3: Bread by H. Fernley-Wittingstall I love a hearty breakfast and crumpets are an all time favorite of mine (not only for breakfast!). I don´t know how much recipes I had tried before I found the River cottage Handbook No.3: Bread. I liked the bread recipes a lot and so I gave Hugh Fernley-Whittingstall´s crumpets a go. Usually I wake up as hungry as a hunter and want to eat immediately. Hence until that day, I made crumpets only for special occasions or when it happened for some strange reason that I […] Continue reading →