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Cream of Celery Soup 24 Jun 2011 | 08:42 am
Celery is a vegetable I have never particularly cared for. I will use it as a base for soups & sauces - but there is something about it I always found slightly off-putting. I know a lot of people wh...
Fat Free Chocolate Cake! 9 Jun 2011 | 01:42 am
Being that I had a baby not quite 4 months ago, I am currently trying very hard to lose weight. I have a lot of it to lose - and that means getting very serious about my diet. The working out thing...
Orange Chicken 31 May 2011 | 02:29 am
Probably the number one thing I miss from the US, food wise, is Chinese food. Cheap, fast, totally Americanized, Chinese take-out. I love it - and there is absolutely nothing comparable in Germany....
Bucatini Pomodoro 28 May 2011 | 06:45 pm
I have been completely obsessed with making pasta the past few weeks. Its been almost two years since I went to Rome and I have been finding myself daydreaming about pasta, gelato, and granita. I lo...
Strawberry Rhubarb Crostata 10 May 2011 | 12:44 am
I think one of my favorite smells ever is strawberry and rhubarb together. How come you never see that in a scented candle? No matter, cause it filled my kitchen yesterday when I was making this inc...
Simple Chicken Salad 29 Apr 2011 | 04:20 am
Its officially picnic season. Berlin is such a great city for it too - tons of huge sprawling parks with green grass and shade trees, miles of riverbank, and just outside the city - lots of beautiful...
Spring! 18 Apr 2011 | 09:41 pm
Let me tell you, as much as I love it...cooking loses all of its fun when you are swollen up like the Michelin Man and your joints are aching at the end of pregnancy. Its been six weeks since we br...
Classic Banana Bread 25 Jan 2011 | 12:15 am
I used to hate baking. When it came to time spent in the kitchen, I would usually much rather spend it over a pot of soup or a sizzling skillet. That is, until I got pregnant. I have officially fal...
Spicy Orange Crescents 22 Dec 2010 | 03:48 am
I don't usually make many sweets or cookies that don't involve chocolate - but this year I have been craving cookies that incorporated different flavors and textures than I normally like. I have had ...
Pumpkin Molasses Crinkles 14 Dec 2010 | 05:32 am
Its my favorite time of year - cookie baking time. The holidays mean a lot of different things to different people, but for me, it means its time to make lots and lots (and lots) of cookies. And ye...
