The final part of our 2024 visit to Greece took us to Crete. The largest and most populous of the Greek islands, it has very ancient ruins, lovely beaches, snow… [Continue Reading]
Santorini: A Fiery Beast Hidden in Aegean Beauty
Midway in our Southern Greece trip, in the spring of 2024, we traveled 145 miles from Athens to Santorini via plane. Athens, the capital of Greece, is a cosmopolitan city,… [Continue Reading]
Athens is History, People, and Great Food
We travelled to Athens, Greece in the Spring of 2024, and found a wealth of history, great people, and food traditions beyond our expectations. While I have been to Greece… [Continue Reading]
Why do you Love Cooking?
This was the question my spouse came up with when I asked, “do you have any burning question, about food, that I can address in my blog?” What made this… [Continue Reading]
Pandemic + Comfort Food
We are entering Spring, having just shared the top ”comfort food” holidays. It brought to my mind what “comfort food” really means to me, and then I had a question…. [Continue Reading]
The Stinking Rose (Garlic) is a Poverty Flavor
People either appreciate the garlic flavor or not, believe it makes a dish perfect while others find it too overwhelming; in truth, love it or hate it, garlic has been… [Continue Reading]
What Do You Know About Drinking Water
I had a day that turned out to be all about water. My newsfeed was pushing articles about limited water resources in other countries, and while I was sitting at… [Continue Reading]
Phosphorus is a Lynchpin to Life
Phosphorus is a lynchpin of our food system states ScienMag, the reason why is that plants cannot grow without it and [it] has no substitute. Phosphorus is also a component… [Continue Reading]
Make Your Own Spice + Herb Blends
This is a follow up to my spice post, where I provide directions on making your own spice blends from the spices you already have in your home, plus some…. [Continue Reading]
Our Horrendous Wobbly Global Food Supply
This is a post to update the state of our global supply food chain, because the recent Baltimore bridge disaster might disrupt USA’s soybean and tofu supply. Last year, Canada… [Continue Reading]
Make Savory Pancakes Now + Thank Me Later
As you know, being German, I already have a fondness for potato pancakes (kartoffelpuffer) but it is usually served with applesauce, and German crepes (pfannenkuchen) is served with a cinnamon… [Continue Reading]
Refrigeration is Great, but Heats Our Planet
I started this post thinking about Refrigerators and wanted to review them the way I did Dishwashers. So I started by looking into our attempts at food preservation, from cellars… [Continue Reading]
An Important Annual Rainy Day Kitchen Revival
As I write this post, it is very rainy and cold outside, perfect timing for me to do a once-a-year kitchen revival. Although I do have to admit sometimes I… [Continue Reading]
