Dawna in the Kitchen

Scalloped potatoes are one of my favourite holiday side-dishes. They're quite cooperative - you can generally cook them at whatever tem...

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...

Rice-based skillet dinners (or other one-pot meals) are very rewarding to make and to eat. I grew up on my mother's iteration of chick...

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...

It is my understanding that every food blogger must at some point commit a post to a cheese sandwich. This is one of my favourites. Okay...

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

Chili and cornbread is a really classic combination. Cornbread, of course, can take many different shapes and forms, not to mention bonus f...

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

Composed salads like this one are dead easy to figure out without a recipe, so consider the ingredients I've chosen as a mere guideline...