Best Christmas Markets Tips in Germany and France. What to see, buy, and eat! Christmas in Stuttgart, Esslingen, Ludwigsburg, Colmar, and Frankfurt. I had heard of a Christmas Market (Weihnachtsmarkt) before we moved to Germany, but I didn’t really know a Christmas Market until I went to my first one last year. If you remotely […]

Traditional Glogg Recipe or Mulled Red Wine is found everywhere in Scandinavia. Spiced and slightly sweet, this warm red wine will keep you warm and cozy. A few weeks ago, Wes and I took a very quick trip to Copenhagen. I fell in love with Scandinavian life and it is on my list to go […]

I love cranberry sauce with heat. Every year, I make my grandmother’s cranberry recipe with horseradish. It sounds strange, but it is the thing that I look most forward to on the Thanksgiving table. Every time I make it for someone new, they ask me for the recipe. It is not Thanksgiving without it. I […]

Steamed Hot Chocolate – The best hot chocolate imaginable. Sometimes simple really is best. Steamed frothed milk and a square of high-quality chocolate make the best hot chocolate you could ever imagine.All over Instagram and Facebook, I see posts about the 70° winter weather. Well, it’s not spring-like here in Germany. We are still very […]

Doughnut Sandwich Cookies for a good cause. My favorite sugar cookie sandwiched between vanilla buttercream and Nutella. Topped with cookie glaze and lots of sprinkles.  I’ve tried four times to write an intro to talk about childhood cancer and I can’t find the words that I need to talk about something that I cannot wrap […]

White Chocolate Coconut Snowball Truffles are a make-ahead Christmas treat that your friends and family will love. White chocolate truffles wrapped in shredded coconut.  Here are we again, the Christmas season is upon us. We have lots of fun and festive things to look forward to this holiday season. Christmas markets, parties, trips, and plenty […]

A Copycat Starbucks Toffeedoodle Cookie that is better than the original. A hybrid of the snickerdoodle, this cookie is spiced with cinnamon and toffee. We decided to skip Thanksgiving this year. If you have been around awhile, you know that Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I’ve been feeling a little homesick and just all around […]

#GiveAFriendACookie – Spiced Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars, a take on the chocolate chip cookie with lots of German spices. Maybe you live, or have family who live, in an area affected by recent hurricanes – Houston, Florida, Puerto Rico. Friends and loved ones might be struggling to rebuild lives in Mexico after the earthquake. Or, […]