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Archive for May, 2007

Pizza Mistake #2

Posted: Monday, May 14th, 2007 @ 8:35 am in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Even if the dough has become a flat, irregular trapezoid you’d be ashamed to show your friends, don’t wad it up and attempt to start over.
The attempt will fail.

Pizza Mistake #1

Posted: Thursday, May 10th, 2007 @ 7:33 pm in Uncategorized | No Comments »

When cooking pizza at home (a quick and tasty meal solution using ready-made dough from your local grocery), do not use insulated baking sheets.  Those are for cookies. 
A pizza is not a cookie. 
The best cookies are soft and moist. 
The best pizza crusts are not.
Recommended solution:  […]

Spätzle: How to Eat Fried Worms

Posted: Monday, May 7th, 2007 @ 9:33 pm in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

Isn’t it interesting how so many cultures have their own pasta variations?
The Germans proffer spätzle—a flour, egg and salt combo traditionally made by grating off the dough into boiling water.  Perhaps that explains the peculiar, worm-like appearance (see the pic above).
In Berlin, we searched through KaDeWe’s copious food offerings for […]

Is it Bacon, or is it Beer? Why Schenkerla-Rauch Weizen is Like Eating Breakfast Without the Meat, and Other Observations from Imbibing in Berlin.

Posted: Thursday, May 3rd, 2007 @ 10:25 pm in Uncategorized | No Comments »

While in Germany, do as the Germans do:  drink beer.  Indeed, beer in Berlin was cheaper than most sodas, so we partook often, particularly of the Weiss biers.  The exploration led us to some extraordinary discoveries.
Upon an inquiry into best places for beer drinking, a local recommended Aufsturz, a contemporary […]