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Back to 100%

It’s been 72 hours since I had a relapse and got sick again.

Since then it’s been slow and steady progress back toward 100%. Many hours have passed in the company of Angel, Back to the Future, X-Men, and books that I realized late last night that I was feeling better.

Not 100% mind you, […]

Amerikan Essen

I had to check my suitcase because of the tequila, so I brought the bbq sauce (Interstate BBQ Sauce is my family’s favorite). The hot sauce and rub were gifts from Jay and Murph. The chocolate chips I got myself: it’s winter and I feel like baking old favorites from home.

Anybody want to join […]

Frohes Weihnacht!

I guess it is safe to say that Christmas is, essentially, here.

There’s one last night in Weimar before I head off to the States for a short period of time when I will see my parental units, siblings, and nephews. I suspect that it will be just like previous years, for the most part.

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Cookin’ Again!

Something clicked in me today—not sure exactly what, but I felt like cooking today, and for dinner I made homemade pizza, as well as pumpkin bread.

The pizza was fantastic. I put spinach, mushroom, and olives on it. The leftovers will make for a splendid breakfast and lunch tomorrow. The sauce was much better this […]

Pizza Dough

At the request of J, from Germany Doesn’t Suck, I am going to have a Queer Chef moment and talk a bit more expansively about cooking!

Here is the recipe my Mother suggested for pizza dough:

US Ingredient Metric 0.5 oz Yeast / Hefe 1 packet 11/12ths Cup Warm Water / Wasser 225 ml 2 […]

Yes busaker em!

From start to finish, my trip across Armenia was filling.

Food-wise, that is. I cannot recall a trip where food was so consistently fantastic—I was stuffed from Kapan in the south to Vanadzor in the north. On my way from the airport to Kapan (which is 320 kilometers/200 miles from Yerevan; a 6 or 7 […]

Weather / Wetter

For about the past week, Weimar has been unseasonably cold.

Right now it’s 13° out, with “gefühlt” of 11°C, or 51.8°F. Admittedly it’s 8pm and one expects it to cool off in the evening, but today’s high was forecast to be 18/64, with scattered showers (and there have been). Unfortunately today’s pretty much the nicest […]

Favorite Foods

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Originally uploaded by KakeLP.

At first glance one would think that I like a wide variety of food—and in fact, I do.

But I get into food ruts, and my rut of the month is creamed spinach.

Spinach is one of those foods I really love, but rarely buy. A few weeks […]

Fiesta Day!

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Originally uploaded by elmada.

Thankfully my birthday is in February, and it is cold out, other wise I would have a sever chilling problem.

This morning I’ve been preparing for the party—but my fridge, which is large by German standards, but absolutely petite by American standards, isn’t large enough to hold everything […]

Gumbo

So, the gumbo is made.

I got the recipe straight from Louisiana, but due to some technical difficulties, I wasn’t able to follow it exactly: No filé is available here in Germany, and I wasn’t able to get some of the seasoned ham that was suggested (tasso).

That said, I hope the improvised recipe works. […]