Brot für Alle – Fastenopfer

Today I went to buy bread at my favorite local bakery. I tend to stick to types of bread that I know we like, but I was in the mood to try something new. I pointed to a bread that I don’t remember the name of and we enjoyed it with some roasted fennel, potato, [...]

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Carnitas a la Krys

Here in our tiny Swiss kitchen, I often have to be creative when I cook. It isn’t just the ingredients that can be a challenge, but also allowing for the available utensils, pots, oven space, etc (we brought almost nothing from our own kitchen).
I wanted to make a TexMex speciality, Carnitas, for some guests that [...]

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Fasnacht 2009 in Winterthur – Opening Ceremonies

This weekend we went to several activities in the Altstadt (old town) for the festival of Fasnacht (click on the link or see my previous blog for a more complete explination). It was wild and fun! If we are still lucky enough to live in Switzerland next year, we’ll definitely have to get dressed up [...]

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Fastnacht

This weekend (uncluding a national holiday on Monday) our town is celebrating Fastnacht. It is sort of a combination of Carnivale (Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday, whatever you want to call it, Halloween, and Groundhog Day. Everyone dresses up in very wild wierd costumes and there are parades and food and at the end of the [...]

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Quick Fact

I made chocolate chip cookies last week. Chocolate chips are a bit hard to find, and there is usually only one brand in the store. But the funniest thing about them is that they are square! I forgot to take pictures before we gobbled up all the cookies. In our defense, most of them went [...]

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