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Hello Ladies and Gentlemen, I have an announcement to make: I finally registered for the Dubai marathon!! I mentioned in many recent posts that I was training for it, but never told youRead More

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Confessions of a healthy food fanatic: I used to like burgers. The ones from well-known fast food chains. I used to crave them regularly, e.g once per month. Luckily, we moved to aRead More

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I have been living out of Germany for more than 7 years now. The longer I am away, the more often I crave typically German foods. There are German restaurants here in Dubai.Read More

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Do you have a favorite kitchen tool? A pot or pan, a certain wooden spoon that you ALWAYS use? Well, in the picture above you see my favorite baking tray. I bake, roastRead More

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If you are not in the mood of hear me bleating about my marathon training, please skip to the next paragraph. It’s fine, really!!! You are not missing much. I ran 24 kmRead More

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Miracles happen, otherwise I have no explanation for this: How can it be that I only heard of Dukkah (an Egyptian spice mix) a few days back, when I have been living inRead More

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While it gets cold in the rest of the world, BBQ season starts in Dubai. While most people living in the northern hemisphere are cuddling up at home with a warming cup ofRead More

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 I guess we all had one or the other veggie in a sweet dessert. No big deal anymore. But we (or perhaps just I) thought we came to the end of the line:Read More

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We love seafood in our family. Just recently we threw our BBQ on for a midweek grilled king prawn feast. OK, we had visitors to impress, but I’d do a lot of thingsRead More

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I can’t deny that I see the end of the year coming, Halloween is only a couple of days away. Soon will be Christmas. Soon after that the year 2010 is a thingRead More

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 I had Indian food a few times last week as we had visitors from Europe who don’t eat Indian food very often. Half (if not more) of Dubai’s population is Indian, so youRead More

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I ran my first 10k race of the season yesterday. The season in Dubai is in winter, as the summer months are far too hot for these kind of outdoor activities. I amRead More

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 Ladies and Gentlemen, I have a new favorite treat. Homemade spicy honey-roasted cashews. DELICIOUS! I actually wanted to make spicy-roasted chickpeas. I have never made them at home before. I have seen theRead More

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I assume all food bloggers are constantly on the search for new and tasty foods. Quite a few of them concentrate on healthy foods. A certain percentage would focus on either vegetarian, vegan,Read More

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During the summer, I haven’t baked much cookies. But all of the sudden, it is October and for the first time in my life I am already thinking of Christmas. I used toRead More

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Autumn means pumpkin time. As the world (so it seems) prepares for Halloween, you cannot avoid pumpkins and pumpkin shaped items wherever you go. Me, being a German, don’t really have much experienceRead More

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Do you know Halloumi cheese? I actually have no idea how easily available this particular cheese is around the world.  I know that it is hard to get in the German countryside’s supermarkets.Read More

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It is no secret that I love the combination of chocolate and cherries. I already posted two recipes with this flavor combination here on my blog (Cocoa Cherry Granola and Coconut Cherry CocoaRead More

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Welcome, autumn. The nights are officially longer than the days now in the northern hemisphere. It’s getting cooler and the time is right for warming foods. It’s a season when many of theRead More