Zita and Ivan are having a baby!!! Hurrah little Adam is almost here – he will be a Taurus child, strong and hearty. **Flash update: Adorable Adam arrived April 30th with 3850 grams and 56 cms – now that is strong and hearty!!!** He will love the great outdoors and later enjoy a small garden ...

10 seconds??? Yes this mayonnaise comes together in 10 seconds max! The 1st secret is using an immersion blender and the right mixing/blending cup. The cup should be tall and fit the head of the blender with just a tiny bit of space to spare. Generally there is one included with your blender but I’m ...

What do you take to a Christmas pool party that will not shrink like a violet in the chlorine air and which is small enough to lay out on a pool basin rim? Most participants are bringing champagne, juice, cookies, Lebkuchen (German gingerbread), chocolate Santas and other typical Christmas-y treats but I am always starving ...

Sweet May hath come to love us, Flowers, trees, their blossoms don; And through the blue heavens above us, The very clouds move on. Heinrich Heine, Book of Song Yes May has cometh! It brings flowers, blossoms, greenery, green grass, green leaves and green asparagus. Asparagus, a delicate, low calorie and beneficial spring vegetable, a perennial of the ...

Culinarily speaking, Bavaria is known for it’s hearty food such as pig knuckles and beer. Yes, beer is a food in Bavaria. Whereas Frankfurt am Main also referred to as Mainhattan because of its bank skyscrapers, is part of Hesse, and it is known throughout Germany for it’s Apfelwein (applewine) and it’s Grie Sooß – ...

It’s new, new, new! New home, new kitchen, new pots! The move went like a whirlwind – 6 weeks from the initial apartment visit to actually living in our new place. It was exhasting, in parts frustrating, definitely expensive as moving can be. But the best part is: I LOVE THE NEW APARTMENT! I love ...