Spring in Northern and Central Europe is not only recognized by the emergence of forsythia, daffodils and tulips but also by the heady smell of garlic floating through the wood in the early springtime. A walk through traditional wooded areas where the ground is moist and the leaves still lay thick from the Fall often ...
For me, nothing cures my homesickness for America like a cheesecake! Not the German Käsekuchen kind with curd and a yeast crust, but good old cookie crust with cream cheese filling and the flavor of the season cheesecake. So I have decided to share a series of seasonal cheesecakes with you in the upcoming weeks and ...
Oh winter sun there you are!!! You have been hiding for weeks and weeks. Bogging me down with grey, making me weary, with dark thoughts and a muddled mind. Sending me out aimlessly along my days, shuffling and head down instead of looking up and skipping along with a smile. But today you rose ...
Hospitality just won’t do – in German one says: Gastfreundschaft – guest friendship – and it is a perfect term to describe weekends, festivities or invitations to the Salzhaus as the welcome guests of Sigrid and Isaac. To quote Homer: “True friendship’s laws are by this rule express’d, Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.” ...
Leaving Lano and Colle di Val d’Elsa in the Tuscan center we drive towards the Etruscan coast andCecina. A 70 kilometer drive through the hot baked landscapes of harvested wheat fields changing to tall rushes and endless sunflower fields along the side of the road that indicate we are approaching the sea. The car windows are open for ...
You always wake up early in Tuscany, you instinctively feel the light arriving but you still want to catch the last stars. You grab your camera and you’re off to discover.The reflection of the sky captured in a decorative object even the beauty of the pattern in a simple bed sheet. As the light gathers ...
Lines from the song: That’s what our life is –Jonathan Edwards – 1972 Pictures by yumandmore They said I would shine like the light in the city, I hoped it would be like the moon on the sea. But I don’t let it change all the things I believe in like love and its music ...
I am about to embark on a journey. A journey to myself. A time has come in my life where I have to put everything and others aside and look inside myself to find me. And so my dear readers and my beloved foodie friends, we must also part for 8 weeks. What better way ...
What kind of questions do you ask a Rose Queen? How do you milk a cow? What new mustard and vinegar combinations are available? Can you and your children recognize vegetables by their smell? Is Swiss cheese lactose-free? Did you know that you don’t need to travel to Italy to get good boar salami you ...
My life is so filled with activity, it moves so fast and twists and turns with the challenges of being a mom, wife, employee, part-time self employed translator, blogger, partner, friend, lover, cook, being silly, having fun and so much more. When I was younger I rarely thought of concepts such as regeneration, peacefulness, or ...