I‘m frequently asked how to watch German movies or TV shows here in the US. Generally, I turn to MHz or slip a German DVD into my multi-region player. But that’s just a tiny percentage of the German Programming available to us here. YouTube, apps, and certain websites make watching German TV easier than ever. (Even Tatort!) The availability is…
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Saxon Prasselkuchen with Puff Pastry- A Simple and Sweet Treat
I love Streusel, so I spent much of my childhood devising ways to snitch Streusel off of the Apfel Kuchen/Kirsch Kuchen/Mohn Kuchen that my mother baked for Sunday Kaffee. I also love Blatterteig (Puff Pastry), which is flaky, buttery, and crisp, so good. So a few days ago, I came across a recipe for Prasselkuchen, and I had to…
German Nursery Rhymes and Children’s Songs
My mother didn’t recite Mother Goose to me when I was a child. I heard the German Nursery Rhymes and songs that she grew up with. “Alle Meine Enten”, “Hoopa Hoppa Reiter”, and “Backe backe Kuchen”. The funny thing is that when I had children, I mainly sang and clapped my way through the rhymes of my childhood. These sweet…
The German Christmas Shop at Easter Favorite Easter or Springtime Memories Giveaway 2020
[no_toc] I’m delighted to announce! The German Christmas Shop at Easter wants to help brighten up our Springtime with a special Contest! The German Christmas Shop at Easter loves those special holiday memories with family and friends. Delicious traditional meals, fun Easter activities, remembrances of special decorations. Maybe cute bunnies hiding on the dining room table? Or making an…
Is German Flour Different? What do those numbers mean?
Years ago I bought a cookbook called “The Flour is Different” hoping that it would help explain why following a German Recipe with American ingredients would give such different results. It’s a good cookbook, but it doesn’t really clarify the differences. Is German Flour different? I did a little more digging. Turns out “the flour is different” is more than…
Edelweiss! All about this Legendary Alpine Flower
When I was a little girl, my Opa sent me a card that had a dried pressed edelweiss flower and a miniature hiker’s axe on it. I loved pulling back the protective cover and petting the soft fuzzy petals. For years that card sat on my bookshelf, and I would imagine the mysterious far-off mountain it came from. You see,…
Lunch at the Wurstküche Regensburg- Oldest Restaurant in Germany?
Next to the Steinernen Brücke (Stone Bridge) in Regensburg, you will find a small green building surrounded by crowds. The Wurstküche Regensburg has been serving up sausages to dockworkers and now tourists for hundreds of years in that exact location. So, of course, while visiting Regensburg for the Christmas Markets, I could not pass up eating at the oldest continually…
Kinder for Easter- Fill the Easter Basket with Kinder Chocolate
Kinder for Easter… that’s how I grew up. So, I know how terribly disappointed many of you are that Kinder Surprise Eggs aren’t available in the United States (I cover that issue in depth here–> Kinder Eggs). Still, there are many other WONDERFUL Kinder Treats that will be more than welcome in ANY child’s Easter Basket. Kinder chocolate is always …
A Few of my FAVORITE Things to do in Rothenburg Germany
Set on a hill in northern Bavaria west of Nuremberg, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, with its virtually untouched Medieval Altstadt, is everyone’s MUST-SEE list. Sadly, I think far too many people just show up, take a photo near the Plonlein, shop for a Christmas ornament at Kathe Wohlfahrt, and then hop back on their tour bus. Do yourself a favor…