Wedding anniversaries have special names in Germany, many of them rather obscure. Being a gardener my favorite name is Petersilienhochzeit (Parsley Anniversary) after 12.5 years of marriage.
Well, my husband and I are past the parsley stage. We met 16 years ago and got married exactly to the day one year later. Continue reading
“Where are we going”? I asked my mother after she picked me up from the airport in Frankfurt on a day in early May a few years ago. I had been dozing in my seat and first thought I imagined that she took unfamiliar country back roads instead of heading straight home. “Didn’t you want do pick Bärlauch (ramsons)? I will take you to a great spot.” Of course I wanted to. Continue reading
I don’t remember the last time I connected with a piece of writing the way I do with Irina Dumitrescu’s “My Father and the Wine,” which has been selected for The Best American Essays 2016 and nominated for the MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award from the James Beard Foundation. Continue reading
Spoonfuls of Germany 