Tag: Austria

Me, myself and I in the Allgäu

May 27, 2016 by nadel&gabel

“For how many people would you like to book a table?” – “One. It’s just me.” An unfamiliar situation, like some more during those four days I stayed in the Allgäu. But then there were a lot of moments that didn’t feel strange at all. It were different things that led to this one-woman-short-trip. One of them was the fact that I indeed perceived this as a challenge, an exceeding of my couple comfort zone. At the same time there are so […]

Categories: Austria, Behind the camera, black & white, Germany, nature, objects & places, On the road, travel, Uncategorized • Tags: allgäu, alpine, Alps, Austria, cows, dining, explore, forest, Germany, gorge, hiking, hotel, lake, meadow, mountains, relax, retreat, river, spring, valley, view, walk

Peace at the mountain – Hiding away in Bad Gastein

April 11, 2016 by nadel&gabel

When we had planned our stay at Bad Gastein we thought that Easter would be a good time for a little timeout. We didn’t know then how urgently we really would need a break. So our plan for our short Easter holiday in Bad Gastein was to do mainly … nothing! And beyond the seven mountains among the seven dwarves… … we found the perfect hideaway, the Hotel “Miramonte“: A former “Kurhotel” (spa hotel) build at the turn of the century, […]

Categories: Austria, Behind the camera, nature, objects & places, On the road, travel • Tags: abandoned, alpine, Alps, aristocratic, Austria, Bad Gastein, bath, boutique, creative, Fin de siècle, forest, Habsburg, hideaway, hiking, hip, historic, history, hotel, literature, Miramonte, modern, monarchy, mountains Austria, nature, photography, relax, restaurant, retreat, retro, skiing, slow, snow, spa, thermal, travel, view, walk, wellness

South Tyrol III: Mediterranean gardens, thermal water and fine dining in Meran

May 7, 2014 by nadel&gabel

Apple of discord and melting pot – central and on the periphery: South Tyrol has always be all of it – when it comes to politics, geography, language or the broad field of culture. And no matter if the different influences have melted, coexist or are in conflict – it’s a rich, vivid, in-tense region. The picture above may be symptomatic for this: a perfect espresso next to a slice of Apfelstrudel – and it’s a perfect match! In the […]

Categories: Behind the camera, In the kitchen, Italy, nature, On the road, travel • Tags: alpine, Austria, bath, dine out, food, garden, Habsburg, history, holiday, Italy, mediterranean, Merano, modern, mountain, nature, photography, South, spa, spring, thermal, tourism, traditional, travel, trip, Tyrol, view

An ode to South Tyrol – Bread dumplings with stinging nettles

April 27, 2014 by nadel&gabel

Before I am showing you some more pictures from beautiful South Tyrol I decided to complement my photographic impressions of the region by some culinary ones. Dumplings based on dried old bread are one of THE traditional dishes of this region. In fact bread dumplings – like yeast dough, quark or potato based dumplings – are common all around the former Habsburg monarchy, especially in Austria, Czech republic (‘Bohemia’), Southern Germany and South Tyrol, may they be called “Semmelknödl”, “Brotknödel” […]

Categories: around the world, bread, In the kitchen, spring, vegetarian • Tags: Austria, bread, cheese, culinary, dumplings, easy, frugal, Habsburg, health, herb, medicinal, nettles, old, recipe, South, speck, spring, stinging, traditional, Tyrol, wild

Foodblogs I love: Ziii kocht…was

July 13, 2013 by nadel&gabel

It’s already the third post about my favourite food blogs. Time for a German-language blog: Ziii kocht…was by the Viennese Susanne Susannes blog exists since 2011 and is one of the most popular and succesful ones in Austria. She is one of the best storytellers around the food blog scene I know. In her distinctive style that is characterized by the “Wiener Schmäh” (Viennese charm) she tells us lovingly funny stories around her favourite dishes and products. Her words and […]

Categories: Blogging, Foodblogs I love, In the kitchen • Tags: Austria, Austrian, baking, blog, cooking, favourite, food, german, photography, recipe, regional, seasonal, susanne zimmel, Ziii kocht

Enwrapped sweetness – Cherry dumplings

June 30, 2013 by nadel&gabel

The berry and fruit season has begun and like every year I have the tendency to be kind of paralyzed by the great selection of fruits and recipes that come my way. Cake, ice cream, dessert, salad, canning, … where do I start? In my helplessness I came back to my childhood recipe that I first of all associate with summer and fruits: dumplings!… I can see my grandmother standing in the kitchen and forming dumplings, that have previously been […]

Categories: around the world, cake, cookie & dessert, German/Swabian, In the kitchen, summer, vegetarian • Tags: Austria, Austrian, cherries, cooking, curd cheese, dessert, dumpling, food, fruit, german, quark, recipe, summer, sweet