recipes

• Spiced Couscous Salad

  A quick, well-seasoned couscous salad. Side dish for grilled or pan-fried meat, packed lunch, fridge mainstay for the day you don’t want to think about cooki...

• German Cheesecake (Käsekuchen)

  The original is titled der beste Käsekuchen der Welt — “the best cheesecake in the world.” I’ll leave that for the eater to decide. What I can say is that it...

• Lemon Sheet Cake

  A classic 1:1:1 German Rührteig — equal weights of margarine, flour, and sugar, six eggs for structure, and a sheet pan. The fork-pricking and warm-glaze ste...

• Vegan Brownies

  The original recipe is labelled “for 1 portion” with a calorie count of 2340 kcal, which tells you what you need to know — that’s the whole tray. Cut however...

• Cretan Zucchini & Potato Fritters — 'Armonia'

  There’s a nickname for these on Crete: “barely arrive before they’re gone.” That’s most of what you need to know.

• Hummus bi Tahina

  Adapted and translated from a recipe on chefkoch.de (ID 1220881227513212).