Is anyone else having problems with tea kettles? I don’t mean electric ones, I mean basic, simple ones. My whistling tea kettle doesn’t whistle. Ever. I can let it boil water for 15 minutes and it won’t whistle. It’ll steam away, filling my kitchen, but not make the slightest of high-pitched squeaks. The spout’s lid […]
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The main road that cuts through Valley Forge Park is one I travel very frequently. And I knew there was a monument just off to the one side but I’d never taken a close look. When I pulled into the parking lot during my recent trip to the park, I noticed the statue overlooking the
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On our first trip to Munich, Germany, my husband and I were lucky enough to take a day trip with some friends that included a stop at Schloss Hellbrunn. The plan was to go to Salzburg, Austria and see the sights. Unfortunately, it was a bit overcast and a bit rainy but we were up
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I figured why not post some more travel photography. Why not? This is a selection of less common (in some cases) photos from a trip to the German capital and to nearby Potsdam in the fall of 2009. I love the final two photos so much that I had them blown up, printed and they’re
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I’ve found myself daydreaming and going through photographs from our late summer trip a few times recently. We made a special trip out of Bayern to Friedrichshafen, a city located on the Bodensee (Lake Constance), which is a meeting point between Germany, Switzerland and Austria. We went on a beautiful, beautiful September day only to
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A long time ago I swore I’d never use those bake-and-break chocolate chip cookies. They’re too sweet and the Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe is so darn good and easy. Then I saw the New York Times Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe on the little kitchen. I hadn’t been looking for a new chocolate
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Earlier this week I blogged about my run ins with active dry yeast. I decided to do an experiment to see if merely increasing the amount of active dry yeast would give the same results as using a smaller amount of instant yeast.
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I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not always the best at following instructions, more likely to skim the text than read everything word for word. Attention to detail isn’t really a strength of mine. But I learned the hard way just how important it is to keep track of your yeast. Is it
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Every few months we manage to make a trip out of the ‘burbs and into the city to Rieker’s, a German deli and butcher shop. They have a little of everything. While we do mainly go to get some Münchner Bratwürste, we always seem to pick up something new. The last few times we’ve gotten
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On our last full day in Munich, we had some time to kill before we went to see FC Bayern Münichen play. (Spoiler: they destroyed Freiburg 7 to nothing.) We stopped into a bakery on the outskirts of Schloss Nymphenburg. I got my first real croissant of the trip, we got two pretzels that, unbeknownst
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Last year I made Zimtsterne (or “cinnamon stars”) along with sugar cookies to take to my parents’ for Christmas. I’d never heard of Zimtsterne before but I figured they were worth a shot: there’s few ingredients and I thought they’d be a great surprise for my lactose-intolerant mom. Well, the cookies didn’t turn out too
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For me personally, listening and speaking German are definitely my biggest weaknesses. So I’ve spent a lot of time online searching and searching. I’ve found that the videos with German subtitles to be the most helpful — although I do get stuck in the trap of merely reading instead of listening sometimes. I’ve come across
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