I think it only happened 3 times over the years that I personally asked for a trade. But last week I could not help it: I was craving for spekkoek. 1,5 years ago, for Easter Dinner, I was introduced to this Thousand layered Indonesian-Dutch Cake (Indonesian – Lapis Legit) that my friend Robin van der Kaa made. It is a relic from … Read More
Please meet Mr. Brendel
Küchengerüchte is a German blog that I got to know through Bread Exchange. Markus Brendel’s blog is a Diplom work where he analyzes the possibility to connect design and food. He presents the Supper club as an ideal Plattform. Somehow he found Bread Exchange (and wrote about it HERE and HERE) out there on the web and we ended up meeting … Read More
BOLD and Bread Exchange
Today’s Pop up Bakery at BOLD in Berlin. Levi’s Made and Crafted is showing the SS12 collection. I kept 2 Bread for you to trade: Black Wheat Sourdough. Simple and Pretty. Goes perfect with whatever you can think of that matches Black. Pretty much anything. Pumpkin Seed Sourdough. Nutty and amazing. Too bad you missed the concert, the seeds make … Read More
Getting in the mood
Having to do Travel expense reports is the back side of Traveling. One should not complain, but God, it is boring. I have made great efforts today to get in the right mood for going through that pile of receipts (which now is a bag of receipts). I don’t have many office days between my trips you know. I made … Read More
Bread from the Westphalian Woods
Saturday night I traded a Blueberry Choco bread for a home made Wild Garlic (Bärlauch) Pesto from the forests in Westphalia. Today I am turning what we didn’t finished this weekend into a Bärlauch Sourdough and you can have one if you like. I will eat it with a very fresh goat cheese or for lunch with mushrooms maybe? Thank … Read More
Bread Exchange in Berlin on Monday
Monday Bread Exchange will give you: Very Classic Simple White Sourdough bread. It will be baked with Flour from Saxony and salt from the Murray river in Australia. The salt has a very light pinkish color tone. Once again; Bavarian Beer Bread with Apricot. I do not seem to get enough. All ingredients are traded. —————————– Please comment here or … Read More
Delicate
The, to me, always inspiring publishing house GESTALTEN came out with a new book on the subject Food the other week. Thank you for writing about Bread Exchange. I feel honored. Delicate – New Food Culture “You are HOW you eat, as much as what you eat. Now, more than ever, eating is an expression of our mindset, identity, spirit, culture, … Read More
City dogs need holiday
My friend Rahel has a Weimaraner named Finn. We all knew that there is something very special about Finn. Finn has been photographed by Mario Testino. And modeling for Stefanel. I would not say that all this fame has gone him over his head. He is still the same loveable soul that he always was. The first time I took … Read More
Clemens en August
Clemens en August are showing/selling their FW11 collection until Sunday in Berlin. They travel Europe and only sell their collection in selected cities for a few days. I don’t seem to be able to visit them without buying something. Highly recommended. Schinkel Pavillon, Oberwallstrasse 1, Thu.20 – Sun.23 Oct. opening time 11 am – 8 pm mood autumn/winter: www.clemens-en-august.com ———————————– … Read More
Saturdays Bread Exchange is sweeter than ever.
But, as usual, sweet darlings tend to match excellent with ruff partners. Like Roqueforts. Or really really old Gruyere. So don’t worry if you don’t have a sweet tooth, I am sure you will find the balance. Tomorrow I will have the following 2 Sourdoughs for you: Blueberry Crusted White Chocolate sourdough. I tried it on friends already and it … Read More