A Stollen is a German Christmas Bread and the shape of Stollen symbolizes the infant Jesus in swaddling. Stollen, a yeast bread, often includes dried or candied fruit, nuts, seeds, Marzipan, and spirits, and is
The concept was born when German city planners sought to plant large areas of parkland after World War II in a reproducible way that would need minimal maintenance. Planners created planting mixes that could be used modularly (模块化). In a matrix garden, plants with similar cultural needs are...
The term 'dry wine’ points to bottles that offer no residual sugar or perceptible sweetness—but it's more complicated than you'd think.
evening.People can come and practise their language, you know, over a drink or something.We have different languages on different evenings.Monday, Spanish; Tuesday, Italian; Thursday, German and Friday, French.On Wednesday, we usually have a meal in a restaurant for anyone who wants to com...
Cheddar fondue often provides a sound foundation for adding beer to the mix. This is a German tradition that bucks the trends of Swiss and French fondues, which customarily include wine or a sweet-and-sour brandy calledkirschinstead. According to celebrity chef Rachel Ray, a sharp cheddar pa...
Eggs come with hash browns, the potatoes preferably blanketed with melted cheese and green onions (known as German potatoes), and excellent homemade black molasses bread or a jumbo cinnamon roll. One great lunch is the two-fisted BLT made with full-flavored slices of beefsteak tomato plus a...
saw it on the menu at several different restaurants, and knew I needed to give it a try. I didn't know if I would like a chilled pudding, but was pleasantly surprised. It was lighter tasting than I thought it would be, but was a perfect dessert after a filling traditional German ...
Some bloke has built a 1:20 model of the German WW2 pocket-battleship. And it’s so big, he can travel in it. Have a look. Of course, the obvious question is “why?” but I guess the world’s like that – full of loops who’d spend years on a project most of us would look...
article is about Catholic resistance to the Nazis in Cologne. It speaks of the underground bomb shelters used by the Catholic community, and of disused underground passages in old buildings that the Catholic resistance used as refuges from the Gestapo. Here is the relevant section, in German: ...
The dough can be a traditional white yeast bread but is most often a rich egg dough like that used for sweet dinner rolls. This type of dough is not sweet like a cinnamon roll or dessert pastry, but is just slightly sweet and is often made with generous amounts of butter and egg. ...