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A traditional German Easter recipe - with a twist; Easter lamb or rather Easter chicken; with image of Easter chicken cake with icing sugar and a bowl of Easter eggs

Cakes and biscuits, Traditional German recipes, Yum · 25 March 2020

The Easter Chicken: a slightly twisted traditional German Easter recipe

Why not bake a traditional German Easter lamb this Easter? While many German housewives traditionally bake an Easter lamb for Easter, we’re making an Easter chicken. And we’re pimping the recipe to make it perfect for Spring. Here’s what we did.

German traditions: Carnival in the Rhineland. What is it? What are its origins? How is it celebrated? How does it differ to Fastnacht? What costumes are we wearing?

Bilinguals kids, Europe, Travel · 17 February 2020

Karneval im Rheinland: What is the Rhineland Carnival, how is it celebrated and what costumes will we be wearing?

This week is the Rhineland Carnival or Rheinischer Karneval. the final days and biggest parties and parades of the season start this Thursday. Where we live is right in the middle in between two ‘Hochburgen’ or ‘strongholds’ and Carnival is…

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Glühwein with tea: a traditional German Christmas recipe for hot mulled wine, tweaked Tea with Mum style

Yum, Tea recipes, Traditional German recipes, Travel recipes · 11 December 2019

Glühwein with tea: German hot mulled wine with tea

Glühwein is very popular in Germany at Christmas time: it is difficult to imagine a Christmas market that does not sell the warming winter drink. This is a recipe for traditional German Gühwein, tweaked Tea with Mum style of course!

Christmas in Germany is difficult to imagine without Christmas markets. Christmas markets have been held in Germany for around 700 years. But which ones should you visit? We look at the tradition and at which ones are the best and most unusual.

Europe, Travel · 6 December 2019

The best German Christmas markets

Germany has a long Christmas market tradition going back nearly 700 years. We take a look at this tradition and then tell you which markets, in our opinion, are the biggest, best and most unusual and definitely worth visiting.

Pin: Terrace cookies, Traditional German Christmas Recipes, with image of terraces

Cakes and biscuits, Traditional German recipes, Yum · 4 December 2019

How to make Terraces: Another traditional German Christmas cookie

Terraces – or Terrassen in German – are my favourite German Christmas biscuit because of their more subtle flavours. They are fun and easy to make with kids and somehow, kinda special.

Pin - Cinnamon Star cookies: traditional German Christmas Recipes - with image of cinnamon star cookies

Cakes and biscuits, Traditional German recipes, Yum · 27 November 2019

How to make Zimtsterne: Traditional German cinnamon stars

Zimtsterne or cinnamon stars are arguably the quintessential German Christmas biscuit. They look like snow coloured stars and all that cinnamon makes them smell and taste that just screams Christmas. They are the perfect addition to our trio of German Christmas biscuits.

St Martin's celebration; German traditions; 11 November; No Halloween; Lanterns and a procession, bonfire, goose, Weckmann

Europe · 11 November 2019

St Martin’s Day celebrations

Traditionally, Halloween is not celebrated in Germany. However, in the Rhineland and other areas of Germany, the celebrations on St Martin’s Day mean that kids do not miss out on ‘trick or treating’ or on the opportunity to dress up in costumes.

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