Confession: I don't really do side dishes. After a day of staring at spreadsheets and unintelligible government forms, and an hour of rush hour traffic, pulling together a main course is about all I...
Weissgerbegasse Nürnberg (Nuremberg to English speakers) is a city of half a million. But thanks to the pedestrian-only street running through the Old Town and the mostly-intact medieval wall, it...
My review of the Ritter Sport chocolate flavors available in the U.S. is one of my all-time most popular posts. I have been a Ritter Sport fan since a college trip to Germany: the brand combines my...
After seven years, baking every recipe from Beard on Bread , hosting Thanksgiving dinner , and transforming a half bushel of tomatoes into a winter's worth of sauce , I can finally consider myself an...
The Maple Grove outpost of Patrick's Bakery & Cafe is a welcome refuge from the Shoppes at Arbor Lakes' plethora of chain restaurants and vast expanses of asphalt. Patrick's is a sleek space, with a...
I'm always on the lookout for whole food-based, low sugar snacking options. But some of my favorites--fresh fruit, vegetables and hummus, Greek yogurt, homemade baked oatmeal bars--are either unwieldy to bring on the go or require refrigeration. That's why I was excited to try Crispy Green's line of freeze-dried Crispy Fruit
Ploenlein, the most picturesque and most photographed corner in Rothenburg Rothenburg ob der Tauber is Germany's best-preserved medieval town, a colorful jumble of half-timbered buildings completely...
This is a recipe for Minnesota in early June, the time of year when weekly farmer's markets are up and running but most of the vendors haven't made an appearance yet. There are stalls selling cookies,...
Neues Rathaus Beer, giant pretzels, oompah music, the Höfbrauhaus: Munich is the postcard stereotype of a German city. But while you can find plenty of beer halls and Bavarian kitsch (plus crowds of...
Although it's tucked away from the Midtown Global Market's central seating area, a bright blue color scheme makes Moroccan Flavors hard to miss. Obviously, the focus is on Moroccan food, with a short...
Neuschwanstein Southern Bavaria is the image of a stereotypical German postcard: snow-capped mountains, imposing castles, quaint painted buildings, shops selling dirndls and lederhosen. The marquee...
Porta Nigra In most German cities, the historic quarter is focused around a church from the 1500s or the remnants of a medieval city wall. In the western city of Trier, things go back much farther...
View of Bacharach and the Rhine River from the Tall Tower The Rhine River: a fairytale land of vineyards clinging to steep hillsides and half-timbered towns hugging the riverbanks, guarded over by...
Like fudge oatmeal bars , apple bars , and my Aunt Ruth’s brownies , I made these meringue chocolate chip cookie bars to bring to church. Well, that’s not quite accurate. Mike and I attend a Unitarian...
Homemade hummus is one of my go-to weeknight dinners, something quick that requires minimal chopping and dish washing. We serve it with pitas from the Holy Land --once you've had their fresh pitas you...
Mushrooms are on the short list of foods I can eat in embarrassingly large quantities, along with strawberries, corn-on-the-cob, French bread, and frosting. This is why there are plenty of mushroom...
This post is sponsored by Stonyfield Organic and Barlean's via the Clean Plate Club blogger program. In exchange for this post, I was provided with the products used to develop my recipe. As always,...
Sitting on my cookbook shelf, between Mollie Katzen's The Heart of the Plate and my dependable Betty Crocker Cookbook, is a comb-bound copy of The Fruit of the Spirit Bethel Lutheran Church Cookbook. For those unfamiliar with the genre, a Midwestern church cookbook is not where one turns for healthful plant-based eating.
Spring in Minnesota is a fickle thing. Temperatures seesaw between the 30s and the 60s, and blissful sunny days alternate with dreary weeks. There's always at least one April snowstorm, a final gasp...
This post is sponsored by Untiedt's Vegetable Farm, Inc. I've been an Untiedt's shareholder since their first CSA season in 2011, and I'm thrilled to be working with them to promote CSA subscription....
