the Bread Exchange is taking a 2 weeks break from Berlin and will be operating in Switzerland! Geneva, Zürich, Basel, Bern, Luzern, Lausanne, Vaduz, Gstaad or Montreux: Feel free to let me know in advance what you want me to bake for you! —————————— And what do I want from you? I want your hidden secrets of course! Pretty much … Read More
Beer Bread for Berlin
Today I have made my latest fav. bread: Kellerbier Brot with apricots. Personally I would have it with Roquefort, but a salty butter will do too. The beer I used is a trade with St. Georgen Bräu in Bavarian Buttenheim. The flour is a canadian Manitoba flour, grinded at the KunstMühle in München. The salt is a sea salt from … Read More
-er-er-er-er
- now it is time. Septemb(er), Octob(er), Novemb(er) and all Decemb(er). In the fall, When many dishes end up being heavy, I just say one thing: Thank God for Mussels. ————————– The picture is missing 2 crucial ingredients from Matthias cooking session last night: 1) Cloves (Matthias says 3, I though 5 was just perfect.) 2) Wine. .————————- This is … Read More
Aesop
Carepackages really makes my day. The other day I got the sweetest one from oversees. It was very very unexpected. My Australian friend send me some of my favorite scents: Geranium, Rosemary and Ginger. Most excited did the little ginger flight roll-on make me. You roll it on your neck and fore head to sharpen up after a long flight. … Read More
Lunch Break
In between store scouting and meetings I made sure to get time for Lunch. I brough my own to the Spanish Royal Riding school in Vienna. ———————– But seriously, I would have loved to do a series of pictures of all the young girl practically hanging over the stone wall to the horse show. The excited glow in their eyes … Read More
Early Birds
I am not sure if I feel very young or very old when I wake up at a time when the kitchen maid didn’t even arrive to prepare the breakfast at my hotel. I remember just a few years ago I was rather the guest that always asked for “let check-out” and “late Breakfast”. But these days are far gone … Read More