In Germany, like in the United States, quinces were a forgotten fruit for a long time – until the Slow Food Movement rediscovered them. Continue reading
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A country once divided
October 3 is the German national holiday, the Day of German Unity. But unlike the Fourth of July in the United States, there are no parades and no traditions, culinary or other, because the holiday only goes back to 1990. It was introduced to mark German Reunification that year and replaced June 17, the holiday that commemorated the East German uprising of 1953. Continue reading
More than food and recipes
Eight years after my cookbook Spoonfuls of Germany was first published by Hippocrene Books in New York, it was time for a fresh look. Continue reading
Spoonfuls of Germany 