Clementine Glühwein – mulled wine
Merry Christmas everyone!!! I hope you have been nice so you’re on Santa’s good list, and that you¡re enjoying the festivities and all the food involved (and yet to come!). A simple truth: I could not be an honourable resident in Germany if I didn’t worship Glühwein. It is such…
Homemade turrón (nougat)
Turrón is such an esential spanish recipe that even after 7 years of leaving, I still cannot fathom the idea of Christmas without it. It’s just not right. This is what Wikipedia has to say about turrón, however it is really so much more than that. I still recall that…
Lemon-cinnamon cookies
Not long before Christmas and you can see it everywhere around you: shop windows fully decorated, hopeful kids sending their Santa letters, Christmas plants on sale, 3×2 on alcoholic drinks – because everyone knows the holidays can also be stressful -… You get the gist. In my case, there’s amazon…
Christmas in Berlin – 2017
It is no secret that Christmas is my favourite holiday, despite me being a summer child. I love everything about it, the build up to Christmas Eve, the presents, putting up decorations and the tree, all the cooking and baking involved… Which is why Germany is the perfect setting for…
Christmas chocolates
There aren’t many things quite as Christmassy as speculoos biscuits, is there? The spices in them are the epitome of this time of year, they smell like Christmas Eve gathered around the fire telling holiday-themed stories holding a cup of hot cocoa. Here in Germany they are BIG, they go…