- i second the leftover rice pudding idea! did that many times during my time in china and in thailand... - if you can find semolina, try semolina pudding. puddings are a great idea in genera...

hey julianna, i agree to the answer given above: there's nothing wrong with your starter, it just got a bit more active - which is actually a good thing. you can expect now your bread to rise...

@cath619: yes, there also is a white variety and a red variety of mulberry.

definitely mulberry. yummy!

The people at Kiosk are right: Here in Germany egg prickers are quite common. My parents have one for example... But actually you don't really need one (Isn't that the problem with many kitchen gad...

i love flammkuchen (this is the most common german spelling - but there are several possible spellings of the same thing)! here in berlin there are no regular street vendors selling flammkuchen but...

poor guys - you need to hide your glass of wine or booze if you go to the park?! i'd definitely hate that! luckily, there's no such legislation in germany - so once it's nice and warm outside the p...

my absolutely favorite sour cherry recipe is the following sour cherry frangipane tart: http://cafefernando.com/sour-cherry-frang...

One of my favorite Chinese dishes is dry-fried green beans - and it uses the velveting technique: First the beans are deep-fried and then stir-fried with ground pork, rice wine, soy sauce, chiles, ...

I live in Berlin currently - and the town is full of organic food stores and has great farmer markets especially on Saturdays. My favorite milk comes from a little "eco village" in the northeast of...

in china lychee season is in early summer - from end of may to early july.

thanks a lot for these links! i'm still searching for a good tastespotting substitute - i miss it so much, was part of my daily food blog routine... this is another blog that tries to fill th...

looks very much like parsley - and it is blooming. check this illustration that also shows the exact same blossoms:

P.S.: I just checked Ebay Germany (since I'm currently living in Germany): Vintage coffee mills are incredibly cheap here, ca. 10 € (= 15$)...

I bought a beautiful old Zassenhaus manual grinder at Ebay some years ago and I'm using it almost every day to grind my coffee. I don't think that it's a lot of work, definitely not exhausting, not...