culinary specialties

Black and white cookies

The black and white biscuits were always a highlight on my mum's Advent plate. She tried very hard. At least in our children's eyes. They are very easy to prepare though. You can find out how to bake them yourself in this black and white biscuit recipe.

Frankfurt's Green Sauce

There are regional recipes for the Frankfurt Green Sauce from Hessen that have been passed down in the family for centuries. One generation passes the recipe on to the next and keeps it like a treasure. One of these recipes is the green sauce.

Make your own pancake dough for an American breakfast

With this pancakes dough you can prepare a breakfast like in America at home. Making pancakes dough yourself is easy. Breakfast in the US or Canada looks different than ours. It is one of the most important main meals of the day there. Especially on weekends, you take the time to have a long and extensive breakfast.

Hotel Seeblick in Klietz - A look into the cooking pots

The Elb-Havel-Winkel The Hotel Seeblick in Klietz * opens its kitchen for us. We are back in the Altmark region as kitchen spies. We were invited by the Elb-Havel-Winkel tourism authority in Saxony-Anhalt. This is the region on the other bank of the Elbe. Strictly speaking, the area no longer belongs to the Altmark. The Elbe separates the Elbe Havel Land from [...]

Quark balls recipe quick and easy

In the past, the mountain farmers in the mountains of Bavaria baked alpine nuts at the time of the cattle drive in autumn. Today the specialty has been rediscovered in Bavaria and Austria. Now people like to eat them with afternoon coffee. With this quark ball recipe you can make them yourself quickly and easily.

Mainz Spundekäs is served with Wine in Rheinhessen

Mainzer Spundekäs recipe We tried the Mainzer Spundekäs from Rheinhessen for the first time on our culinary journey through Hesse. However, he actually comes from Mainz. There it is on the menu in every wine tavern. If you take a closer look, the cheese specialty comes from Mainz. But also in the Wiesbaden area and in the Rheingau on the [...]