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Friday, 09th October 2009
I'm very sorry...
... to inform you that I have to end the English version of my blog. It's a lot of work to supply both blogs - the English and the German one - so I decided to focus on my German version. But I will - every now and then - present new recipes in English.
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Thursday, 01st October 2009
About birthday parties and Oktoberfest specialities
The next birthday is due soon. My son is the lucky guy to be celebrated by a birthday party. The time is passing fast – I would even say, too fast for me. Just he was small and cute and now he is eight years old and only cute.
Since long I am thinking of which kind of party I am going to arrange this year. The party should be different and not the normal ones which we had the last years with children games and matches.
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Thursday, 24th September 2009
Let’s go to the Oktoberfest!
The first day at school of my daughter, the prearrangements of the birthday party for my son and the visit of the Oktoberfest with some guests - all this kept me busy last week and no time at all was left to create new recipes. But instead I am going to present you some impressions from this wonderful “Oktoberfest”...
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Thursday, 17th September 2009
Jackson, our new family member
Our family rose lately tremendous. The object in discussion is 14 weeks old, has a length of 42 cm – the weight is unknown as my scale is out of order. The hair is soft like velvet – the colour is white and black or if you like, black and white.
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Thursday, 10th September 2009
Résumé of a vacation and a visit to the movies
We are back again. After two weeks in Gargano/ Italy the normality has returned to my life but with one difference: I am really relaxed.
If I think about that beautiful place I can imagine to spend my life there and do my writing at a place which seems to be made particularly for artists and all those people who need for their creative work places with such a charisma and beauty.
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Thursday, 20th August 2009
Back again
Yesterday we returned to Germany. And tomorrow we’ll travel to Italy / Gargnano, where we already spent one week in June. And we will stay there for – believe it or not - two weeks! Unfortunately I won’t be able to report in that time.
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Friday, 14th August 2009
Impressions from Portugal
One week ago we arrived in Portugal. And it has been a wonderful week. Today I have no recipe for you, but impressions from Portugal.
Let's start with my parents' house:
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Friday, 07th August 2009
Back to Portugal again...
More than one year has passed and now we are back again. Back again in Portugal, the land of sailors and conquerors.
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Thursday, 30th July 2009
How important are regular family meals?
Day before yesterday when I had lunch together with my colleagues we had a discussion about a newspaper article which I read some days ago. Subject was a study about the eating culture of the families. The result of this study was that children taking meal regularly together with their family members (at least 5 times a week) are living much healthier than others.
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Thursday, 23rd July 2009
Spending the beautiful warm summer evenings together with my computer
There are days where you do not check what is going on. Last week I had even more of these days. Of course there are times where nothing happens and everything runs smoothly. But frankly speaking, I do not remember having such a day for the last weeks. In my vocabulary the word "quietness" does not exist at all and particularly the word “boredom” is more than a strange word for me.
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Thursday, 16th July 2009
About Presents and favourite recipes
The end of the school-and kindergarten year is near. Like every year a lot of presents are due. Presents for the school teachers, kindergarten teachers, football- and gymnastic-trainers and so on.
And everyone should get something special. It should be handmade, not to big, useful and what reminds on the common time with the children. Last but not least she or he should get the feeling that it´s very personal, too.
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Thursday, 09th July 2009
Jam Session: When Mum makes jam...
Usually when I start my annual jam production line I have two excited watchers on my side - sometimes even more. They hope I would ask them to give me a hand or have afterwards the chance to lick the remains from the pots. Very proud my children tell their friends that me, their mum, is the best jam maker of the world.
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Thursday, 02nd July 2009
Like ice in the sunshine...
Took a long time - but now it is summer. And what matches very good with this season? You are right, music. I have selected some special summer songs which will help you to rise a typical summer feeling.
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Thursday, 25th June 2009
Summertime is Strawberry Time
The time is running – only five weeks more and the summer holidays are starting. And as usual between whitsun holidays and summer holidays a lot of work is accumulating so it is very difficult to take even a breath. Summer-parties everywhere, most of the friends of my children are celebrating their birthdays and all kind of final ceremonies are taking place.
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Thursday, 18th June 2009
Flavoursome elderflowers
The summer is wonderful and one of the most beautiful effect is the blooming of the many different plants. We, the amateur chefs do like it very much as the nature offers quite a choice of natural things like elderflowers and strawberries and many things more, which are very useful for the creation of special dishes.
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Thursday, 11th June 2009
Acacias, oleanders and a beautiful lake
We are really lucky living here in Bavaria in an area where normally people spend their holidays. The mountains are nearby and the South of Europe is just a stone’s throw away. In a 4-hours-ride you will be in the centre of Italy like in Gargnano, a very old Italian village located at the West side of the beautiful Lake Garda. And there we spent last week our holiday. It was fantastic – a paradise on earth. The vegetation and landscape was typical for the Southern part of Europe. Oleander, palms and acacias wherever you look and the old houses (Jugendstil) well decorated by bougainvillea in all colours intensified this impression strongly.
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Thursday, 28th May 2009
And? Did you enjoy it? - A talk with a restaurant tester
Matthias Supé is an independent journalist and restaurant tester for “DelikatEssen”, a restaurant guide for the area of Munich.
So it is understandable that it is a must for “Table Talks” to organize an interview with him to present all the questions which are of interest to all of us.
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Thursday, 21st May 2009
Targets
Everybody needs targets. So do I. And I have many. My targets are mostly wishes which I do realize in general.
As example I wanted to have a home page, so I visited a Dreamweaver seminar to get the required knowledge to be put into position to create my own homepage “Table Talks”. An now I finished my new homepage: www.textclusive.de .
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Thursday, 14th May 2009
Rhubarb-Sirup - a new creation
Wherever I go – spring is everywhere.
Day before yesterday I went to the nursery. Seeing all that blooming flowers there I could not control myself and bought what my purse could afford. Back home I planted immediately the symbols of spring in my garden.
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Thursday, 23rd April 2009
Two trips to South Tyrol
The last two weekends I had two short trips on my schedule. The destination was both times South Tyrol. The first time I went together with my two friends Frauke and Sandra to the hotel Schönblick near Brixen and enjoyed three days the marvellous food they offered, the impressive view over the mountains which were partly covered by snow and last but not least the wellness facilities for which this hotel is famous.
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Thursday, 23rd April 2009
Finally! South Tirol I’m coming!
My daughter would say “Only one night sleeping ….”
But I am just saying: “Tomorrow is the day of the days.” A day I have been waiting for the whole year. I am going to leave tomorrow with my two friends Sandra and Frauke for our annual special Wellness-recreation-weekend to South Tyrol. Our wellness-hotel is already waiting for us. I tell you it´s really necessary to have this short break from the stress of our daily life.
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Thursday, 16th April 2009
A perfect appetizer: Salmon Tartare with Coriander
On my way to work yesterday I listened, as usual, to the radio. The subject was the body-mass-index (BMI). This index enables you to find out if your weight is matching with your size. It will be calculated by following formula... >>read more>>
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Thursday, 09th April 2009
Fruity and spicy: Lamb’s lettuce with orange-pieces and garlic-chili-prawns
Easter is not far away, only some days more are left.
Yesterday I spent my day buying presents for my family and friends.
In one way I am lucky that my kids are not be able to read yet. Otherwise it may be possible they visit my homepage and get the full truth which may influences her very young life tremendously as they are still believing that the presents are delivered by the famous Easter bunny.
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Thursday,02nd April 2009
Italy meets Asia: The Pineapple Lasagne
I think, spring is coming. It looks like and the weather people say so.
What does it mean to me? Besides all the other things, it inspires me to change my winter cooking behaviour. I increase the part of salad, vegetables and fruits of my dishes which dominates usually my summer food program.
As the asparagus season has only just started, the wild garlic tries to awake to life (at least here in my part of the country) and the strawberries are still hiding in the depth of the soil, I switch my attention to a fruit which stays for me as the symbol of summer, sun, beach and good temper – the pineapple.
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Thursday,26th March 2009
Fast and inventive: The Beetroot Carpaccio
I have to admit: I am hooked. Hooked on cook-books and cook-magazines and all the recipes I can catch.
Always when I stroll through these books and magazines or look into the Internet for searching for recipes I get new ideas and inspirations. I have already real problems to store all the notices, copies and printouts of my recipe-information. My kitchen is small and the space limited. Sometimes it’s a real mess and I wonder how to recover certain sheets again. But I know it´s only a question of time, if I search long enough I will find what I am looking for.
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Thursday,19th March 2009
Something delicious from Austria
Now I feel the time has come to make a so-called “Tafelspitz”.
During the preparation time I tried to remember where the name of this Austrian speciality has come from. I guessed the origin of the name could be created by that typical shape of meat from the tale-root of the cow which is used for the dish. Or does it come it from a special presentation while serving the dish?
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Thursday,12th March 2009
Sweets for my Sweet(s)
It´s still winter, even if the calendar shows spring. Anyhow we are waiting and we are sure it will come. You may not believe it, but yesterday it was snowing. Anyhow, we are trying to be not too much frustrated. I stay at home enjoy the sparkling flames of the fireplace, listen to the soft music of the radio and study how I can help my family to overcome the sadness of the late winter.
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Thursday,05th March 2009
Happy Birthday, Darling!
Yesterday the most important day of the year took place. It was the 6th birthday of our little lady. Naturally, she invited all her friends for this “very important event” and she had been so excited for weeks that she could not even sleep. And suddenly I had the similar problem, I could not sleep either. Every night she woke me up telling me enthusiastically that she was so much excited as her birthday was coming soon.
One day when she continued this strange behaviour I told her: “Look girl, if you do not stop waking me up every night I will be too tired to arrange the birthday party of yours at all” .
The next night passed by without any interruption.
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Thursday, 26th February 2009
Ginger tea, not only delicious but also healthy
The stressful time of carnival is over now and we have to return to the normal daily life.
Some have to regenerate at first from the heavy celebrating days, the others are starting to tend their health. The fasting time has started. As last year my fasting time was shortened due to certain circumstances I intend to complete this time the full period. The occasion is convenient as the winter is slowly dying and the spring is not very far.
Ok, today is only my second day but I am still sure I will stand the challenge.
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Thursday, 19th February 2009
Winter enjoyment
It´s wintertime and cold - very, very cold.
But it’s ok for me. I go for skiing – to Lenggries!
Wednesday is “Lady-Day”. What´s that? Skiing is cheaper for this kind of humans. Females only have to spend 14 € for a one-day lift-ticket.
Yesterday Sabine and myself used this occasion and went for skiing. We tried to ignore the icy road and drove or better slit direction Bad Tölz to conquer the white mountains of the Alps.
We were really lucky. The sun was shining, the snow glittering and the trees were covered with icy crystals.
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Thursday, 12th February 2009
Inspirations
Last Saturday I met my Friend Susi in Munich. We went to a little but very good Italian Restaurant called “Il Gattopardo”, located in the Nordendstraße 58. The small room consisted of some tables only but looked a bit larger as the kitchen opens to the guest room. The staff was well trained, very friendly and very active, lets say: typical Italian.
As starter I ordered calamari with artichokes. The main course was pasta with scallops. During the time till we got our meal the owner offered small quantities of different products of his kitchen for trial. Finally, when we got our food we were already full, but we could not avoid to enjoy all these tasty creations which our host offered to us. Due to all that circumstances and impressions we felt being really in Italy.
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Thursday, 5th February 2009
Helau!!!
First of all I have to admit: I do not like carnival nor do I like to wear fancy dresses.
Here in my personal environment people don’t harm such a confession. In Cologne, the centre of carnival, it would be definitely different.
People here tolerate this aversion of mine but in spite of this fact it still happens sometimes that I am forced by soft pressure to participate at a fancy dress party during this special time of the year.
The fancy dress party of my friend Isabell is such an occasion where I can not avoid to participate.
The motto “Hollywood” is a challenge for the creativity of the invited guests.
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Thursday, 29th January 2009
The Faux Pas
It can happen to everybody – even to a hobby cook like me - but I can bear it.
Yesterday I made the sad experience myself as my friend Frauke visited me. I wanted to surprise her with a delicious salad made out of chicken breast filet, lettuce, different fruits and a wonderful orange dressing. The visual appearance of the salad was really appetising.
I squeezed an orange and filled the juice in a cup where I added later some honey, salt, pepper, lime juice and olive oil. I stirred the dressing and poured it over the salad.
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Thursday, 22nd January 2009
Winterwonderland
It was snowing last night – the temperature dropped down to –7 degrees centigrade and suddenly it was winter. The coldest winter for the last 100 years – according the statistic. I do like it. And due to this strong emotion of mine, I decided on the spot to spend the next new year´s eve somewhere in the mountains. Immediately I got my motor operating – I booked a hotel for some days in a beautiful ski area in Tirol, Austria.
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Thursday, 15th January 2009
A delicious dinner!
Same procedure as every year: My aunt has again decided to take part in a cooking seminar which Andreas Geitl, the chief de cuisine of the Nockherberg Biergarden and Restaurant in Munich, arranged. As I already lately reported he is also presenting once a week a cooking show at the Bavarian television.
Due to lack of time I could not accompany my aunt. But for tasting the result of this cooking session I joined the following dinner party.
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Thursday, 08th January 2009
And afterwards you have to suffer....
I am fasting. To be more exact I am fasting according the method of Buchinger. That means - I am drinking tea, juices and bouillon only. That´s the result if you try to fulfil consequent a New Year´s resolution. Fact is that I have eaten too much during the Christmas holidays, or be more honest - even during the whole December - and I have consumed too much hot wine punch, champagne, red wine and similar delicious liquids with the result that my weight exploded a bit. And that was for me the point of a break.
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Wednesday, 31st December 2008
The same procedure as every year
Well, every year as the clock nears midnight on December 31st, we are sitting round the table eating Raclette (melted cheese over boiled potatoes, accompanied by small pickled onions and gherkins) or Fondue and talking about the last twelve months. How time flies...!
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Have you already opened the door today?
Wednesday, 24th December 2008
My suggestion: Stuffed Baked Apple instead of Cake
We all need good ideas concerning food for Christmas. So this is my suggestion: why not serving stuffed baked apples with custard instead of cake?
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Thursday, 18th December 2008
A couple that really matches
The big event is very close. The third candle was lit last Sunday and the advent wreath starts slowly to mutate into waste. But I don’t think everybody has got all the gifts he or she requires. So do I.
Normally I would go out to buy what’s still needed. But honestly speaking, I really panic when I remember the crowded city in these days and I know what I am talking about.
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Thursday, 11th December 2008
Little presents keep a friendship alive
One of the most important question these days is: which kind of presents do I choose for Christmas? Should it be a book, a CD,
a perfume, something to dress, some kind of furniture stuff or should it go in direction of jewellery? It´s really difficult. The time goes by and the pressure grows. Especially complicated is to find a present for somebody who has either everything or does not want anything.
To solve this problem I have my own system.
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Thursday, 04th December 2008
Christmas is coming
We visited the first Christmas market, the gingerbread house is ready and nicely ornamented, most of the Christmas gifts are organized and all the many decoration items are created, too. Only the baking of cookies is pending.
In short: I am good in time.
But if you think now that I have to be really lucky and satisfied, you are wrong.
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Thursday, 27th of November 2008
Soon we are going to open the first door!
I am enthusiastic – it´s snowy! Not only the eyes of the kids are sparkling – nope, even we the grown-up are sentimentally touched.
Next week the advent season begins. “Only four nights more and I can open the first door of the Advent calendar”, my daughter says full of expectation. For me it´s different. Only four nights more – and the pre-Christmas-stress will start. Visiting of Christmas parties, baking of the traditional Christmas cookies for us and the rest of the family as well, buying and organizing the Christmas gifts, packing them, decorating outside and inside and so on and so on.
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Thursday, 20th November 2008
Easy and spectacular – Chestnut-Cream-Soup with Sherry and Cinnamon
At these days you can buy chestnuts, or as we say “maroni”, everywhere. They are offered in small bags, with or without peel, pre-cooked and shrink-wrapped, not to lose much time to get them prepared.
I remember quite well when I tasted chestnut-cream-soup for the first time. It was about ten years ago.
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Thursday, 13th November 2008
Authors and their favourites
This new subject is very especial for me. Due to this reason it was difficult to find the right way to begin this story.
When my school-time started many years ago, the teacher had a lot of difficulties to introduce me to the secret of writing. Even my parents who tried to support the frustrated woman by training me at home, gave up hope soon. After some time it was a open secret: this girl would never be able to write and read. But as you can imagine: they were all wrong – I learned it. And soon I discovered the secret of the written words. No book was secure from my attack and I indulged my new passion vehemently. And I found out that printed words impressed me much more than any picture or movie. That´s the reason why I admire writers and authors so much.
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Thursday, 06th November 2008
And then there was that Thanksgiving recipe...
Just some days ago, I found that very interesting recipe for Thanksgiving...
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Thursday, 30th October 2008
Eat’n Style – A must for every (hobby-) cook
There is a big mark in my diary, showing the fair “Eat´n Style” on Sunday.
For weeks I have been looking forward to this date. You remember, last year I visited the fair “Kochgeflüster” . But when I learned that the fair has been suspended for this year, we, my friends Isabell, Sabine and myself decided to visit the fair “Eat´n Style” in the Olympiahalle in Munich. Gert Bormann a friend of Isabell and chef de cuisine in a restaurant and a well known all-round-genius wanted to join us.
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Thursday, 23rd October 2008
Change of subject just by chance
Since weeks I have been brooding about the subject which I wanted to offer you today. But while thinking how to frame the story I was suddenly aware about the fact that this will be a quite long one. As the time was pushing me already I had to change the topic. So I am going to release the publication after finishing the story.
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Thursday, 16th October 2008
What do I cook now?
Each and every day my mind circulates around the subject “cooking”. Of course, I know that many people have the same fun or maybe problem. But if you have to care for a family you need to think how to feed them and with which kind of food. But here start the difficulties already. Everybody has a certain preference for certain foodstuff and do not like very much to tolerate the taste of the others.
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Thursday, 9th October 2008
Let’s have a Party
If I have to characterise myself, the first attribute which I would point out is my sociality. Or even better my “very strong sociality”. I like to communicate with other people and I love to invite friends and cook for them and due to my drive to celebrate each and every occasion I search constantly everywhere for new recipes.
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Thursday,2nd October 2008
About jam and children´s birthday party
For this week I had three very important things in my time table. One was the making of a Plum-Amaretto-Jam, then the organisation of my son´s birthday party and the third was the writing of an article for the newspaper about the Thanksgiving party in the kindergarten.
I started with the jam. You must know, I do like jam very much and I try constantly new recipes. Lately my friends asked me to make again my favourite Plum-Amaretto-Jam, hoping to participate on the hardware. So I decided to follow their request.
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Thursday, 25th September 2008
A brand new soup-composition out of pumpkin and pomegranate
It´s pumpkin time.
Everywhere you go, at least in the countryside, you see pumpkins just waiting to get bought.
But Halloween has not come yet. But what does it matter? Already now you can buy Christmas items like Santa Claus in all versions, Advent calendars or sweets like marzipan potatoes. But I am not in the mood to buy such things now, three month before Christmas. Ok, about marzipan potatoes we can talk... Such goodies you can eat the whole year and I know what I am talking about.
My attitude about pumpkins is different. Here I am and here I buy.
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Thursday, 18th September 2008
No chance to be faster...
I am really inspired! If you ask me why, I am going to tell you - I found a cake which can be made in no time.
It´s fact that for mothers and housewives who are still in a job besides all the daily stress at home, are very thankful to any proposal for a dish, cake or similar foodstuff which can be prepared without spending too much time. And I got a solution.
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