There are days when you crave something light and sensible… And then there are days when your soul whispers, “Fry the pork. Make the gravy. You know you want to.” This recipe is for the second kind of day. I stumbled into this dish thanks to a YouTube video that made it look way too […]
The day my kitchen smelled like a German Gasthaus — and I didn’t even burn anything Read More »
If you walk into a German restaurant in the United States and order a Schnitzel, nine times out of ten, it arrives with a mountain of braised red cabbage (Rotkohl) on the side. While it looks colorful on the plate, as a German living in Minnesota, I have to let you in on a little
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Frohe Ostern, everyone! Easter always brings out my sentimental German side — the part of me that remembers muddy boots, bright yellow flowers, and the smell of woodsmoke drifting across the fields. And of course, the part of me that has to explain (again) why Germans don’t eat ham for Easter. Yes, you read that
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