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Austria and Germany: The food, in pictures.

I told you there’d be more. But there’s not much to this one – just the important stuff.

This accounts for about half of our meals, and definitely the more delicious ones. You’ll notice some patterns – meat, meat, potatoes, meat, meat, beer, bread, more beer, wine.  By the end of the trip I had literally written in my notes “my life for a vegetable,” and was ordering side salads at almost every meal – so don’t go thinking I’d normally choose this pattern of food. But there were so many things to try, and so many things to try again …

Have questions about what anything is or how it was likely one of the best things I’ve ever eaten? Feel free to leave a comment and I’ll let you know!

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Austria and Germany: Gemütlichkeit. And beer.

I have so much to say about our trip to Austria and Germany that I’m not really sure where to begin. Which is funny, considering I spent time on the flight home jotting down my thoughts and outlining an extensive series of posts, each focusing on a different concept, food item, or experience we had. I’m sure I’ll still get out at least a couple of posts after this one, but even a few days out of the trip my thoughts are less specific, less of the sort of pinpointed memories you frantically try to hold onto, and more the sort that melt together into a general recollection that brings a smile to my face and makes my “work stress shoulders” relax a little.

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New site design!

Hi friends,

If you come to the site (versus reading posts on your reader), you’ll notice a big difference today – a brand-new layout! I was never 100% pleased with the previous site design, so am very happy to publish this new one today. Don’t be surprised if you see a few changes here and there over the next week, as I continue to tweak and play around with things and learn more about the new templates.

If you have any feedback, questions, concerns, requests (especially for cookies) – let me know! I’ve been very happily in the kitchen a lot lately (a LOT), and always welcome new ideas!

Cheers,
B

Perfecting Gram’s chocolate chip cookies: Part I

If I had to boil my entire existence down to one food item, it would be my grandmother’s chocolate chip cookies (I talked about them once before, here). If I had to eat only one food item for the rest of my life (with no regard to health, of course), I’d likely respond the same way. Over my lifetime I have eaten many dozens, if not hundreds, of these cookies and likely my weight in the cookie dough – whether scooped by sneaky 5-year-old fingers or spooned blatantly by 16-year-old hands. Read more

A shower for Sarah

And, it’s Sunday. How did that happen? Oh, wait, I know – I flew home from Minnesota late last Monday night, ate some pizza, went to bed, and then a bunch of days happened in which I spent little time sleeping and much less time at home accomplishing things like writing this post. Read more