It’s apple-picking season, so I thought I’d ring in the Fall with a dish of German pork chops with apples, onions, and sauerkraut. The secret to the sauce is dry Riesling, and if you like Riesling – the Mosel Valley in the West of Germany is the place to go. My husband and I spent […]
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It’s Not Quite Dutch, Baby
Here’s a fun fact: the Dutch Baby is actually a Seattle, Washington baby – born in the early 1900’s at Manca’s Cafe (which closed in the 1950s). The “Dutch” refers to the Pennsylvania Dutch who are, in fact, German-American. It turns out, the only real Dutch babe in my kitchen was me. Well, my Belgian […]
WanderFood Wednesday: Oktoberfest!
Something happens to me in October – I start having a wild, unstoppable craving for beer and big sausage. And I’m reminded of the best sausage of my life, from a little fairytale town called Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany. Once upon a time (ok, it was last summer), my newlywed husband and I found […]