I come from southern Germany and have to admit that there are some things which I miss in Leipzig, regarding culinary things that I know from my home region. The food that is associated with the strongest emotions for me are the lye pastries: I have simply not found any good pretzels in Leipzig yet. […]
Continue readingMore TagI like to give away small presents to friends and colleagues every year before christmas. Nothing special or expensive, just a little gift. Last year it was selfmade hot chocolate, this year it is parlines or chocolate bonbon. It is only the second time I made parlines and I tried something new. Next to the […]
Continue readingMore TagWe heard and read about it: the possibility to wash your clothes with chestnuts. In autumn they are everywhere, some streets are covered in chestnuts, washing agent directly in front of your door step. We thought about it now long enough, it is time to give it a try: Best case scenario a very cheap […]
Continue readingMore TagThe frist step to your own bread is your own sourdough. If you would like to create sourdough from skretch yourself, you will find a few tips from us, which will hopefully help you. Sourdough can be of very different consistency and smell. Mistakes or doing something “wrong” is not really possible! Next to your […]
Continue readingMore TagIf you’re living in Germany, you surely know rose hips. They grow at the roadsides, well, just everywhere where wild roses are growing. However, you can rarely see people picking these fruits for making jam. Actually, last year, an elder man stopped to tell us that he’s happy young people still know how to do […]
Continue readingMore TagSome years ago I got this idea to bake my own bread. I think a fellow student in the university started to bake her own. But not one of these simple breads with yeast, which you can easily bake with a bread machine. No. A real one. A German one. One with sourdough. The first […]
Continue readingMore TagOne of the most difficult topics for us, when it comes to ecologial living, were, and still are, cosmetics. Visiting a drugstore, you are overwhelmed with fossil-fuel containing products, packed in loads of unnecessary plastic, which often have been tested on animals. Even in the natural cosmetics corner, you will find many articles with a […]
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