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2013-02-21 09:30:33 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 31 +1s)

Schneeballen - a delicious:days video

2012-03-07 09:25:30 (8 comments, 22 reshares, 87 +1s)

If you don't know Emilie and her blog Griottes you are missing out big time: the most adorable Pantone food project
#food #design

2012-02-22 12:01:42 (2 comments, 3 reshares, 32 +1s)

★★★ Tasty Music - Catchy Tunes ★★★

Readers who have been with me since the start of deliciousdays.com back in 2005 may still remember a feature my very first articles used to have: recommendations of my favorite tunes.

There are rarely idle cycles of my brain, I am constantly thinking about what to cook or bake the next day, which cookbook to purchase or the lovely Cara Cara oranges my neighborhood market stall currently has on display. But there is also a not negligible part of my heart, that is perpetually on the look-out for fab music. Do you know the feeling, when you stumble upon a new song or artist and you just cannot stop listening? That obsession is exactly what keeps me going.

#music

2012-02-13 16:28:24 (12 comments, 12 reshares, 60 +1s)

★★★ ⓇⒺⒸⒾⓅⒺ ★★★

The great thing about this recipe is that you receive a maximum of crisp flakiness with a minimum of tedious puff pastry techniques. Honestly I could not believe my eyes when they started to grow in my oven – they almost tripled in height...

2012-02-09 09:35:55 (9 comments, 16 reshares, 63 +1s)

Everybody should have a good repertoire of basic recipes one can cook without consulting a cookbook or the web. If you need to broaden your repertoire, this article is a good starting point...

2012-02-03 18:00:50 (4 comments, 3 reshares, 18 +1s)

THIS MUST BE THE PLACE
[via kottke.org]

"Prime Burger Restaurant, in Midtown Manhattan
For many of the guys that work here, the restaurant is like a second home - some of them have been slinging burgers, making shakes, and waiting on customers at this location for decades. Opened in 1938, the place hasn't been altered since the early '60s, and it looks all the better for it."

2012-02-02 11:21:15 (7 comments, 6 reshares, 32 +1s)

Beautiful video & soothing track by M. Ward - this time without Zooey Deschanel

#music

2012-01-31 14:47:38 (10 comments, 18 reshares, 29 +1s)

♥♥♥ A charity cover compilation of an all-time favorite from The Jesus and Mary Chain

http://justlikehoney.co.uk/covercompil/

#music

2012-01-31 10:56:25 (5 comments, 4 reshares, 20 +1s)

★★★ ⓇⒺⒸⒾⓅⒺ ★★★

... Today, I make sure our fridge never runs out of pickles anymore, they are just so easy and quick to prepare. And the variations are endless… you can totally customize the spices you add, give it an Asian flavor with ginger and lemongrass, go Indian with curry and cardamom – ahhh, the choices!
#food #recipe

2012-01-25 18:56:15 (8 comments, 10 reshares, 23 +1s)

If you enjoyed Drive (the movie) you will love this new video of Desire's "Don't call".
#music

2012-01-25 13:36:55 (4 comments, 7 reshares, 24 +1s)

Current musical addiction
#music

2012-01-16 14:59:25 (1 comments, 4 reshares, 22 +1s)

★★★ ⓇⒺⒸⒾⓅⒺ ★★★

If you are only half the dessert lover that I am, you will most likely start to hyperventilate when I mention the name Christine Manfield. The acclaimed Australian chef has published numerous books and yet her Desserts cookbook was the one that introduced me to more elaborate sweet compositions way before the sweet craze started.

#food #recipe #cookbook

2011-12-21 12:40:07 (19 comments, 5 reshares, 73 +1s)

★★★ ⓇⒺⒸⒾⓅⒺ ★★★

Hurry up, there is still time to bake some Pepparkakor (Swedish Christmas Ginger Cookies). These rank very high on my list of favorite Christmas cookies.

2011-12-21 12:32:19 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 36 +1s)

I love most of The Kitchn's tips and tricks - here are the best of 2011.

2011-12-09 10:16:56 (7 comments, 2 reshares, 30 +1s)

★★★ Christmas Tags ★★★

For a very special friend with a very special taste I wrapped up a sweet little something in a cool black and white look, something probably not everybody in Christmas mood would approve of… That is why I made an additional color edition of my newly designed Christmas tags and put both up on my blog for you to download and use for free.

I hope you’ll enjoy them – happy wrapping :)
#foodblog #christmas

2011-12-09 09:18:09 (18 comments, 15 reshares, 64 +1s)

Nature's colors are truly amazing. ('Would love to try one...)
#food

2011-12-07 12:29:15 (22 comments, 13 reshares, 45 +1s)

If you had the chance to try Fugu, would you do it?
(I might chicken out...)

2011-12-06 12:49:53 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 28 +1s)

"This is the packaging that I wish I could see in my refrigerator every morning."
DITO.

2011-12-06 10:47:08 (13 comments, 12 reshares, 40 +1s)

Insects. Really???
Macarons. Still???
...

2011-12-09 10:16:07 (26 comments, 9 reshares, 73 +1s)

★★★ ⓇⒺⒸⒾⓅⒺ ★★★

These spritz cookies have occupied a safe spot on our cookie plate for ages, the recipe is an old Word print-out with significant stains and handwritten updates & notes, that doesn’t reveal its origin at all. Once you’ve managed to pipe the rather tough dough onto the trays, the aroma arising from the oven already gives away these cookies’ potential. And I didn’t use “melt in your mouth” for no reason.
#cookies #recipe #food #christmas

2011-11-30 11:48:57 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 27 +1s)

"I've gotten used to letting my words and actions speak for me without feeling the need to paste a label on it."
I really like Dana's approach - no need for labels.

2011-11-28 09:21:47 (7 comments, 11 reshares, 38 +1s)

How far would you go for LOVE?"
Can't wait for Air's upcoming new album. In the meantime I'll be watching this poetic clip they contributed to a Cartier campaign.

2011-11-28 08:59:01 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 19 +1s)

The perfect gift for the Bill Murray fan in your life
Love DKNG Studios art work for Gallery 188: they designed an art print with numerous icons - one for each Bill Murry movie since 1975.
[via +Maria Popova]

2011-11-23 11:23:27 (14 comments, 23 reshares, 55 +1s)

Never heard of Thanksgiving Croissants?
Me neither. But after watching this video I'd love to try one. #food

[vie Serious Eats, link below]

2011-11-23 09:39:42 (13 comments, 4 reshares, 45 +1s)

I could happily live on mashed potatoes for days, if not weeks. The Kitchn shares some great variations for this classic.

#recipe #food

2011-11-22 14:15:00 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 27 +1s)

★★★ ⓇⒺⒸⒾⓅⒺ ★★★

Picture yourself on a lazy Saturday afternoon. Both laundry and shopping for the weekend are done, lunch was merely a quick snack at the market and the dinner invitation from your friends is still many hours away. You crave … something. Something sweet. Something that doesn’t involve additional shopping or much work. Well, if that’s so, I either turn to my grandma’s sponge cake roll or my friend Sherry‘s galette.

#food #recipe

2011-11-21 14:47:13 (15 comments, 0 reshares, 28 +1s)

I don't care about the health claim, but definitely prefer the texture & taste of sea salt. And you?

2011-11-14 18:06:03 (8 comments, 5 reshares, 35 +1s)

Food myths time again - Gourmet lists common misconceptions about pasta.

2011-11-11 10:10:26 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 16 +1s)

Wow... on so many levels.

Imagine a grain of rice — picture its width and height. Now, imagine an art installation that consists of penning book chapters word by word on the über-tiny grains. New York City-based artist Trong G. Nguyen took on this incredibly ambitious endeavor to honor literary greats in a series entitled Library, for which he hand-writes an inconceivable amount of words on rice using a fine-point technical pen — sans magnifying glass.

2011-11-10 09:34:01 (4 comments, 5 reshares, 17 +1s)

Nice additional feature: the site starts playing a song from the artist/band you were searching for.

2011-11-10 08:50:58 (19 comments, 5 reshares, 19 +1s)

Which culinary apps do you really use, if any?

It feels like there is at least one article per week that wants to declare cookbooks dead. Being both - a cookbook lover with an extensive library and an avid smart phone user - I still can't picture myself turning away from the physical book. The only culinary apps I use regularly in my kitchen are Kitchen Pro, Converter and recipeShelf.
And you?

2011-11-07 10:35:44 (13 comments, 12 reshares, 36 +1s)

Harold McGee takes on one of the most persistent and perhaps wasteful notions of received kitchen wisdom—namely the idea that to boil pasta, you need a lot of water and a large saucepan.

2011-11-07 08:42:45 (2 comments, 4 reshares, 17 +1s)

Movie Poster Trends
...thirteen movie poster trends that are here to stay and what they say about their movies.

1. Tiny People On the Beach, Giant Heads in the Clouds
2. Sexy Back (Most Likely to Contain Weaponry)
3. Back to Back
4. The Bed
5. I've Got My Eye On You
[...]

for the complete list, explanations & examples follow the link below.

2011-11-04 16:33:38 (10 comments, 10 reshares, 51 +1s)

★★★ ⓇⒺⒸⒾⓅⒺ ★★★

First things first, and most importantly: These gnocchi are heaven in a bowl… velvet-like cushions to your bite… a revelation to your tongue… I could go on and on and on. Having mastered potato and pumpkin gnocchi many times in my own kitchen, I didn’t expect another sort of gnocchi to take my heart by storm. But Ricotta gnocchi, where have you been all my life? This variation is even easier to prepare than the former two mentioned, taste-wise open to all kinds of flavors, and – I kid you not – they take less than 15 minutes to prepare before you can release them for a little swim in softly bubbling saltwater.

2011-11-04 16:18:37 (9 comments, 5 reshares, 18 +1s)

Am I the only one who loves to compose weekend playlists?
#music

2011-11-04 11:50:28 (1 comments, 3 reshares, 7 +1s)

First published in August 1900 as a driver's manual, it has evolved over the past century to become the bible for gastronomes.

2011-11-02 12:22:07 (5 comments, 6 reshares, 21 +1s)

I'm not a Simpsons fan, but maybe you are?

2011-11-01 15:44:40 (5 comments, 6 reshares, 27 +1s)

Carbonation? Tannin? Oak? Umami?
Another in-depth article about pairings - this time drinks (not just wine) with food.

2011-11-01 15:19:13 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 13 +1s)

I love to pair food (think dinner theme) with music, but I guess you should add wine to the equation as well...

2011-10-31 18:10:55 (6 comments, 7 reshares, 14 +1s)

★★★ ⓇⒺⒸⒾⓅⒺ ★★★

If you’re a first-timer and have never made crackers at home, this is an easy, no-fuss recipe to start with. I have tried different cheeses (like Asiago or Mimolette), but prefer a mild Cheddar for this recipe. And though my favorite flavor combination is to pair it with poppy seeds, a close runner-up is a slightly hot cracker with a smoky note, which is spiced with ground chipotle chiles. Feel free to try different spice or herb additions to build your very own “Party Mix”!

#recipe #food

2011-10-31 14:31:17 (4 comments, 4 reshares, 18 +1s)

2011-10-27 07:50:57 (7 comments, 14 reshares, 23 +1s)

"For oenophiles, it must be like watching a snuff film. "

2011-10-26 19:06:03 (11 comments, 0 reshares, 23 +1s)

It's a little known fact that I've been known to do some macro photography, you won't find it on my website either but G+ seems like a good place to float the occasional one into the online ether... I do own a dedicated Nikon 105mm f/2.8 and it is a wonderful lens, but hardly used in my hands. It's a second best option really when there's no landscapes to shoot from my point of view. I've thought about selling it over and over, I'm pondering a 24-70 f/2.8 instead again or an 85mm f/1.4, if only I had more cash! I do think my next big purchase will be the Nikon D800 whenever it turns up....

2011-10-25 14:46:17 (15 comments, 3 reshares, 34 +1s)

★★★ ⓇⒺⒸⒾⓅⒺ ★★★

Chocolate Chip Cookies are a tough business, every dedicated baker has his/her own expectations and I’m no exception. I perfected mine over the years to my own liking and the moment I used brown butter was a cookie changing experience. If you ever had a cookie with brown butter, you will understand…

#food #recipe

2011-10-25 14:29:17 (15 comments, 6 reshares, 29 +1s)

Autumn is approaching fast here in Munich, now soups are back on our table a couple of times a week. What''s your favorite soup for the cold months?
If you don't have one yet, The Kitchn has collected some tempting recipes for you.

2011-10-24 18:37:33 (11 comments, 7 reshares, 23 +1s)

A fine Google+ Starter Kit - People with great content

With more and more friends joining G+ I frequently hear about the same complaints: "But I don't know many people there and the ones I know don't post at all!"

To jump start things and help them out, I typically point them to a hand-picked selection of inspiring people with a regular, high-quality content stream that I enjoy tremendously - merely as a starting point. Since it is a small mix of creatives who write about photography, design, the web, food, music and the likes, you might want to follow them, too.

For me, they make my G+ experience an even better one :)

#SharedCircle #creative #photography #design #food #music

Nicole Stich shared a circle with you.

2011-10-24 18:10:04 (21 comments, 15 reshares, 60 +1s)

#DayTripper

2011-10-24 14:15:11 (5 comments, 10 reshares, 22 +1s)

You might have already read about Jon Bon Jovi opening a restaurant called Soul Kitchen, but this video clip illustrates the concept far better than any article could.

2011-10-24 07:27:28 (7 comments, 8 reshares, 37 +1s)

No.8 is my favorite, even TV chefs won't stop plugging it. Any other stubborn food myths you are especially "fond of"?

2011-10-21 18:39:56 (15 comments, 8 reshares, 59 +1s)

✈ Pelicans are magical
Pelicans have a magical attraction to Nicky (+Nicole Stich),
my better half. I, too think they're super cool and
definitely worthwhile waiting for a good shot.
We usually don't get to see them so close up, but
were lucky that time around.