If you enjoy Liverwurst or Liver Dumpling soup, you’ll likely love Liver Spaetzle, known in German as Leberspätzle. This dish is a traditional variation of Spaetzle and is commonly found in Bavaria and Swabia. It is frequently featured in a robust Liver Spaetzle soup or sautéed with onions The recipe for Liver Spaetzle is straightforward to prepare at home and can play a central role … Continue reading Bavarian Leberspätzle (Liver Spaetzle)
Some of my favorite recipes come not from cookbooks, but from the quiet joy of watching Lecker aufs Land or Landfrauenküche—those heartwarming German cooking shows where six women from rural regions cook for one another, sharing meals, stories, and beautifully decorated tables. Their dishes are rooted in tradition, made with love, and often spark my own culinary curiosity. One evening, inspired by a Swabian episode, … Continue reading Swabian Krautkrapfen, a stable on the table
The Pumpkin festival in Ludwigsburg near Stuttgart is every year at the end of August at the Ludwigsburg Castle Gardens. It has a display of 450,000 pumpkins that are artistically designed into sculptures. In 2019, the theme of the pumpkin exhibition was „Fabulous Fairytale of the World“ A couple years ago, in September 2019, I was fortunate to see the Ludwigsburg Pumpkin Festival north of … Continue reading A Fairytale World of Pumpkins north of Stuttgart
On our way south toward the Black Forest, we stopped for a couple of days at friends’ home near Stuttgart. That’s where I tasted my very first Maultaschen. At first bite, they reminded me of oversized Ravioli — soft dough, savory filling, and that comforting broth. I wondered whether there might be an Italian influence behind them. What I discovered was even more fascinating. The … Continue reading Maultaschen: A Swabian Culinary Tradition
