After living in Germany for several years, I can honestly say that hands down, my all-time favorite dish is “Käsespätzle.”

We were a part of the military community for 20+ years. I was a DODDS teacher and my husband worked as a civilian for the Air Force. We were stationed in Guantanamo, Cuba, Ramstein, Germany and Okinawa, Japan. This recipe was inspired by our tour in Germany. We enjoyed Käsekuchen for breakfast, afternoon snack, or as a dessert!  My version of Käsekuchen is fast, easy and delicious! 

Summer raspberries and fresh cream make this tasty German-style dessert a hot-weather favorite.

Monday night dinner made easy with this yummy and delicious spaetzle recipe. For beginners and advanced cooks as well. Step-by-step directions.

For my first attempt at homemade spaetzle, I followed the recipe “How to Make Granny’s German Spaetzle” as posted on YouTube by The Stay At Home Chef.

For those who love Jägermeister, there may be a deeper dimension, unknown to many, for further enjoyment of that dark liqueur from the deep forest-green bottles.

Have you ever considered just how many types of “pancakes” there are? Pancakes (American), crepes (French), "pannenkoeken" (Dutch), "pfannkuchen" (German), "aebleskiver" (Danish), blinis (Russian)—just to name a few.

I can remember the first time my friend Lutz (Ludwig Uhmeyer, owner of McKraut’s) told me he was going to expand his little roadside stand in the idyllic rustic village of Malojloj (pronounced “Mah Low Low”) into a German Beer Garden! I knew he would do it.

In case you missed the OKTOBERFEST Celebration at McKraut’s, there is still an opportunity to enjoy some of the OKTOBERFEST S