Dawna in the Kitchen

Pfeffernüsse ("Pepper Nuts") are traditional German cookies that flood the markets and stores during the Christmas season. Light ...

This is a speedy one-pot meal of ground meat and potatoes that is also a perfect use for those small, new-harvest nugget potatoes that are ...

This is a classic dish from the days of two separate German states, using cheap, variable ingredients and single pot preparation. The type...

Fall is Pfifferling (chanterelle) season. They're all over the farmer's markets in glorious colour and ridiculously low prices. Th...

There are various stories about why this popular treat is called an "Amerikaner", but none are particularly satisfactory. My favo...

May is Spargelzeit (asparagus season) here in Germany, and the farmers' markets are heaped high with piles and piles and piles of aspar...

I don't currently have a blender, food processor, or even an electric hand mixer. Things that need pulverizing get pulverized the old-f...

Potatoes play a fairly important role in German cuisine. Spring, Summer, Fall, or Winter, there's a potato dish (or several to choose f...

This is one of the most beloved of all the Christmas baking of my childhood. I love the shortbread , mincemeat tarts, my sister's candy...

One of the first German recipes that I made once I moved to Germany was Linseneintopf , a thick and hearty lentil stew, often served with s...

Geschnetzeltes is a wonderfully complicated word to say, especially if you're trying to say it with a Swiss-German accent ("Züri-G...

Rösti are essentially a Swiss version of hashbrowns, specific to the German-speaking part of Switzerland, and differentiated geographicall...

Germans have three names for one vegetable: Rotkraut , Blaukraut , and Rotkohl all mean red cabbage, and just to make matters even more co...

This is German comfort food, as evidenced by its remarkably frequent appearance on menus here. It sometimes has different names - for examp...

This is an enormously popular salad in this part of Germany, and while variations are also enjoyed in Switzerland, Austria, and the Alsace,...

Summer weather has arrived in Rheinland-Pfalz, and with it many restaurants have switched over to their summer menus. Oh, not to worry, you...

Himmel und Erde (Heaven and Earth) is a classic regional meal popular in the state of Rheinland-Pfalz (also called the Rhineland-Palatinat...

This salad is best made a bit in advance, as the kohlrabi has a bit of a starchy flavour when raw. Once it has had time to marinate for a l...

Wow, there's a lot of names for this one. In addition to Dutch Baby and Popover Pancakes, they are also called Dutch Puffs, Puff(ed) Pa...

As any Bugs Bunny fan knows, Hasenpfeffer is a delicious German rabbit stew (probably best made without cartoon rabbits). This dish can be...