Welcome to the coffee corner of My German Table!

As you might know, Germans love to have a cup of coffee in the afternoon. For Germans, the coffee and cake culture is an open space to discuss and reflect on life and society. Here you can find anything but recipes. Please feel free to browse through my collection of historical, cultural, economic, and political articles.

My latest non-recipe articles

What is Swabia?

October 23, 2020

5 blends of apple tea for better health and well-being during the cold season

October 18, 2020

Why I don’t read or watch the news

October 16, 2020

Let’s talk about pepper – Part 6: Review of rare and exotic pepper varieties

October 11, 2020

What will post-democracy look like?

October 9, 2020

Let’s talk about pepper – Part 5: Pepper is more than just Piper nigrum

October 4, 2020

Baking Technology and Bread Recipes

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Apple Flammkuchen (‘Apfel-Flammkuchen’)

TimSeptember 30, 2020

I’ve already shown you how to bake the traditional Alsatian Flammkuchen with onions and bacon. But Flammkuchen is not only a savory dish. The name just describes that it is a thin flatbread. The most popular type of sweet Flammkuchen in Germany is Apple Flammkuchen. The dough is the same […]

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Discover the history of food

Let’s talk about pepper – Part 5: Pepper is more than just Piper nigrum

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Let’s talk about pepper – Part 3: Indonesia and Malaysia

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Let’s talk about pepper – Part 2: India

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Let’s talk about pepper – Part 1: Cambodia and Vietnam

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The history and future of sugar + how it is produced

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