This blog was originally created to pass on our knowledge and recipes to our NextGens. At least for the time being, they’re students, and ideas for sandwiches go down very well with them. In this short post, we’d like to…
Krautfleckerl
There’s hardly any other dish that costs so little yet delivers so much as Krautfleckerl. A head of cabbage, onions, pasta, sugar and spices – that’s it. No meat, no expensive ingredients, no special kitchen equipment required. And yet, the…
French fries
Chips or French fries have a lot in common with omelette: they’re known everywhere, simple yet delicious, and seriously tough to get right. As the very best chips are deep-fried – not hot-air fried – many people are put off…
Sriracha
Anyone buying a bottle of Sriracha today is most likely purchasing a product from one of the three largest manufacturers: Sriraja Panich and Flying Goose from Thailand, and Huy Fong Foods from California. The original – the sauce that gave…
Curtido
El Salvador is the smallest country in Central America and the only one situated entirely on the Pacific coast, with no access to the Caribbean. The people there are passionate about eating pupusas – thick, hand-shaped maize tortillas made from…
Guacamole
There are dishes that have been so thoroughly trivialised that people have all but forgotten what they’re actually supposed to be. Guacamole is one of them. What comes out of packets these days – mixed with garlic powder and other…
Roasted asparagus with miso butter
It’s asparagus season and here in Germany, asparagus is then constantly eaten all over the country – especially white asparagus, which is only available every year between the end of April and St. John’s Day on June 24. Many cook…
Soupe au pistou
Soupe au pistou isn’t a recipe. It’s a principle that goes like this: take whatever the season has to offer, cook it gently in water, and finish it off with a mortar full of basil, garlic and olive oil. The…
Braided Yeast Bread
The braided yeast bread is ubiquitous in Germany, but isn’t a German phenomenon – it’s a global one. The idea of braiding sweetened yeast dough appears in so many cultures that you could almost think people invented it independently. And…
Scrambled eggs
Cooking with eggs is a versatile art, which is why we believe it is important to explain all the basic methods. This may sometimes seem trivial, but it is by no means so, as the (not so) simple act of…
