It’s becoming a tradition – Soul food weekend

July 8, 2014 by nadel&gabel

In the woods … yes it is again this (and this) remote place in the palatine forest the middle of nowhere where we spend again two days of cooking, baking, eating, relaxing, celebrating with a bunch of friends … surely by now it’s becoming a tradition. The idea of our cooking and baking was to use the ingredients as starting point: No concrete plans, but inspiration. Zucchini, bell peppers, sweet potatoes, peaches, berries … what can make out of these […]

Categories: autumn, Behind the camera, bread, breakfast, cake, cookie & dessert, In the kitchen, meat, nature, salad, spread, sauce & spice, vegetable, vegetarian • Tags: antipasti, baking, barbecue, berries, blackberries, blueberries, bread, cooking, crust, dip, forest, Germany, grill, lemon, meat, nature, Palatine, photography, remote, rural, salad, summer, tarte, vegetable

“Baker man is baking bread” – Baking and cooking for and with kids

August 10, 2012 by nadel&gabel

During the last two weeks I stayed several days with my good friends in the Palatine Forest, where they regularly run the kitchen of a youth camp in the middle of nowhere. The ambition of them as chefs is to distance from the usual simple, neither good nor healthy and often convenience food people serve, when they’re cooking for big groups. In contrary they try to make as much as possible themselves and use natural, if possible regional products for […]

Categories: Behind the camera, bread, cake, cookie & dessert, German/Swabian, Germany, In the kitchen, meat, nature, On the road, salad, snacks & small dishes, spread, sauce & spice, summer, travel, vegetarian • Tags: bread, bun, burger, food, forest, Palatine, photography, pretzel, pumpkin, rural, salad, summer, tarte flambée

Pizza in the wilderness

August 30, 2011 by nadel&gabel

The last time I spend a night on a cars backseat must have been as a student, taking a rest somewhere around the Alps on a holiday trip to Italy. “Sleeping in my car…” – last weekend it came true for me again. The cause this time was an unbelievable snoring symphony I fled from. This was the rather unpleasant part of an – apart from that – nice weekend in the beautiful landscape between Palatinate and Alsace: Vast vineyards […]

Categories: Behind the camera, drinks, France, Germany, In the kitchen, On the road, travel, vegetarian • Tags: Alsace, aperitif, autumn, baking, cake, cocktail, cookie & dessert, drink, fall, food, oven, Palatine, photography, pizza, travel