Bagels are prepared with normal wheat bread dough, so a lot of this post is a copy of my “Wheat Bread” post. The dough and its preparation are identical, just the baking is different. Continue reading Bagels →

Bread is best baked by a baker. He knows how to do it and has the equipment. Also a private household cannot compete on the economics. Just the water needed to wash your hands kills every calculation! Having said that I bake almost daily because I like the taste. Continue reading Wheat Bread →

Bread is best baked by a baker – that’s what he has learned. And he has the equipment and the ingredients. Still it is a pity to throw away old bread, and you cannot eat bread dumplings every day. So I bake bread from bread leftovers. Continue reading Leftovers Bread →

I got to know and love flat wheat bread in India. In North India people eat bread, in the South they eat rice. In Goa they eat both. Continue reading Flat Bread →

I have learned these potatoes from my wife. I find them a little boring and only useable as a side dish. But the kids love them, even as a main course, and preparation is really easy. Continue reading Rosemary Potatoes →

Bavarian Bread Dumplings are culture and art. There are recipes and exact manuals. the bread should be old, but not hard, and I can buy the proper “Knödelbrot” in Bavarian supermarkets.

But really bread dumplings are just a reuse of leftovers. The leftover wheat bread and as much of other leftovers as possible should be made into something tasty. No matter if the bread is hard or not, and use as much as possible of othe leftovers you find in the kitchen. Continue reading Bread Dumplings →

As a student – not only – I had and have the problem that when i am hungry I do not want to go shopping for food. And when I buy fresh food I do not want it when I am hungry. So I keep durable foodstuff at home. This recipe can be varied as you like – also with less durable ingredients or stuff that needs to be eaten before it goes bad. The recipe is for one hungry person. It does not impress a star cook, except when he is hungry (then, yes! I have tried!) Continue reading Students’ Pasta →