This is not your average glühwein. This is glühwein with a special little added extra, otherwise known as a Feuerzangenbowle (which I believe roughly translates as fire tong punch), and here’s how they do it… Take one steaming mug of authentic Bavarian Christmas Market glühwein. Top it with a specially twisted metal frame, and balance […]
Food
Attempting Sachertorte
A title that could be read as “A Tempting Sachertorte” perhaps, because I think they might all be exactly that, even this one! I found it quite difficult to walk past Vienna’s glorious coffee shops without a certain temptation crossing my mind – i.e. a nice fat slice with a cup of the coffee that […]
Easy Spiced Pumpkin Muffins
Looking for something to make with all the bits of pumpkin left over once you’ve finished carving your Halloween masterpiece? Not that we actually had that much left to do anything with – none of us wanted to get out of the car in the pouring rain this morning, and therefore we didn’t stop at […]
Winter Warmers (Date & Cinnamon Pudding with Dark Chocolate Sticky Toffee Sauce)
It is with a heavy heart (and much heavier steering – although that might be my imagination) that I face up to the year already having progressed so much that it is time for Cecilia (my trusty auto) to get her winter clobber back on (albeit in the form of big fat snow coping tyres). […]
All Things Gourd…
Having lived here for almost two years now (I know, where has that gone?), the one thing I love about the place is how Bavarians find something really special in almost every season… The Winter is obviously all about gearing up to Christmas, and the mass of Christkindlemarkts that line the streets is of course […]