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Sarah Cooks: 9/1/11 - 10/1/11
Dumplings

Germany 2011: Oma Resel's Kartoffelsoße

9/30/2011 10:39:00 PM
Kartoffelsoße is Oma Resel's speciality, and Sandra's favourite dish of all time.  Literally "potato sauce", this dish of bread dumplings topped with potato sauce is something that frugal housewives would make their families in leaner times, when food was scarce and meat was expensive.  In these carefree, crazy-wheeling consumerist days, little pieces of Fleischwurst sausage are added, but back in...

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Cafes

Germany 2011: Rüdesheim am Rhein

9/27/2011 11:09:00 PM
Towards the end of our holiday in Germany, we took a little daytrip to Rüdesheim am Rhein.  Rüdesheim am Rhein is a winemaking town and part of the Rhein Gorge UNESCO World Heritage Site.  It's super pretty and romantic, in a ye-olde-fairytale kinda way.  And it's also home to the famous Rüdesheimer Kaffee!  (More on that later). Before visiting the...

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BBQ

Germany 2011: Spanferkel, or "Pig on a Spit"

9/25/2011 10:35:00 PM
Cafes

Germany 2011: Ice-Cream

9/24/2011 01:07:00 AM
Krokant Becher - 4,20€ A picture-heavy post for your blog-reading enjoyment today - all about the lovely ice-creams we enjoyed whilst in Germany.  I've found that there are two things that German people miss when they're away from home: bread, and ice-cream.  The Germans really have a way with ice-creams, and enjoy them in a way we don't seem...

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