Cuisine: German

Rhubarb and Banana Jam

Rhubarb and Banana Jam

  Don’t let spring slip through your fingers. Now is a good time to preserve some of spring’s pink bounty – rhubarb. It couldn’t be simpler than this sweet and tangy rhubarb and banana jam. It is official; I’ve turned off the central heating; spring 

HOMEMADE, AUTHENTIC PRETZEL RECIPE

HOMEMADE, AUTHENTIC PRETZEL RECIPE

As a German, in particular a Bavarian, life is meaningless without pretzels (or as it is known in German ‘Brezel’ or ‘Breze’ if you are inclined to be authentically Bavarian). That holds true, even if you are only half German like me… You can eat them 

Gugelhupf

Gugelhupf

Even as a child I’ve always loved the name Gugelhupf. I wasn’t entirely sure what it was, aside from a cake but the name alone seemed to promise a bit of old fashioned mystery and fun. Now, if you’re not a native German speaker you may