Confused by German recipe measurements? Learn how to make the conversions easier.
Not sure which beef to buy for rouladen? Learn what to look for at the butcher or grocery store before you begin.
Not sure whether your yeast is still active? Learn how to check it before adding it to your recipe.
Is your gravy thinner than you planned? Learn how to save that wonderful gravy and what to avoid when thickening it.
How can you keep potato pancakes crisp while frying the rest? In this quick video, I share what to do before serving.
Which pan should you reach for when making schnitzel? In this quick video, I share what to consider before you start frying.
Is your schnitzel coating falling off? Here are the solutions for a crisp coating that stays put.
Not sure which potatoes to use for German recipes? Here’s how to choose waxy, starchy, or all-purpose potatoes.
A long-ago attempt at raising geese still comes back to me whenever prune plums appear at the market.
Years spent cooking beside Lydia quietly turned this cucumber salad into a recipe she now carries too.
A gondola ride in Ontario brought back Eran’s search for pretzels at the top of Germany.
One much-debated dessert made me think about legacy and the kind of Oma I’m quite happy to be.
The recipe may be gone, but the memory of Papa waking us for fresh brötchen still feels close.
Mutti made my favorite soup for our final lunch together and quietly shared the secret behind it.
A story about a car in the ditch, a cheesecake that fell, and the messy parts that often become the memory.
A little grandson on my lap and the soup that raised our boys reminded me how often love settles into ordinary things.
Mutti’s bienenstich was for special days. Mine became the easier version that still brings people back for another slice.
The house smelled wonderful, until it didn’t, and that burned chili became the story we never let Andrew forget.
An eclipse overhead, and my son found an ant. There was no question about his priorities.
German toast on a camping stove, two kids queuing in the damp. That's the part they'll remember.
I gave up on German fluency. Now I collect words I can use on a Tuesday instead.
The best seat on a Rhine cruise is also the least survivable, but nobody up there seemed to mind.
The train past my son's nursery runs five past the hour, which means we're late on schedule.
Smuggling German food past a toddler, one relabelled dish at a time. Schnitzel was the trial run.
Fourteen days in a tin of sardines on wheels. Frankfurt, roasted almonds, and a social battery flashing red.
My culture slipped away while I wasn't looking. The one thing I held onto on purpose? A cheese spread.
A rhubarb plant that refuses to die, and a cake three generations old. If one thing gets handed down, let it be cake.
Six inches of missing trim I walk past every day, and what it taught me about passing down German heritage.
At eighteen, Claudine Bratcher followed her soldier husband from a small town near Dallas to Cold War Germany, where the neighbors who fed her, taught her their recipes, and trusted her with their war memories turned two Army postings into the shaping years of her life.
From German kitchens to Milwaukee traditions, Nadyne’s story began long ago with her grandfather’s journey from Prussia...
Heidi's story begins in North Frisia, not far from the North Sea, in a small village called Büttjebüllfeld...
Are hot dogs German? The sausage is. The bun, the toppings, and the ballpark are American. Here is the real history, from Frankfurt to Coney Island.
Hot dog, burger, potato salad, and beer. Your Fourth of July menu is more German than you think.
In many German homes, house shoes are simply part of daily life. A guide to the Hausschuhe custom, the names Germans use for it, and how to find a proper pair.
Heritage handed down as homework gets pushed away like sprouts. The research says offer it, don't police it.
Most articles on raising kids with German heritage overpromise. Here's what the research actually supports.
The biggest weekend in hundreds of German towns, and almost nobody outside the country has heard of it.
The one landmark the world pictures when it pictures Germany. From Napoleon's victory parade to the wall that sealed the city, the Brandenburg Gate has seen it all.
Everyone captures the façade from the square, but the better memory is the one you can only make inside and from the top.
A piece of Rome that somehow ended up in Munich, with a facade the colour of good butter.
Germany’s classic destinations are fine, but the country’s stranger attractions usually make better stories than another castle and beer hall.