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My Berlin Kitchen by Luisa Weiss is a mix of wonderful travelogue, memoir, cookbook and a touch of a fairy tale. Once I started My Berlin Kitchen it’s really hard to put down. Those who have read Luisa popular food blog “The Wednesday Chef” know some of her personal history but this is the memoir which fills the blank, exploring the loneliness and alienation of a child who never quiet feels at home wherever she is and the debilitating heart break when an important relationship fails. But there is a plenty of happiness embedded too: summers at her grandparent’s Italian farmhouse, falling in love, and, always the pleasure of the kitchen. Every page is more delightful and delicious than the one before. Each chapter closes with a recipe for a dish referenced in the text, most of which represent one of the places Weiss has called home.


Luisa Weiss was a toddler living in West Berlin when her parents divorced, and she spent her childhood commuting back and forth between Boston and Berlin. Faced with such a peripatetic existence, the one place she could find comfort and a sense of home was the kitchen. She started collecting recipes in college and launched her food blog when she was working as a cook book editor in New York.

When Luisa was 31, she was at the crossroads. She had the man, the friends and the dream job, but she knew something was missing. It’s time to take a leap of faith and follow her life’s passion. She broke off her engagement, quit her job and decided to move back to Berlin, discovering a city that had changed as much as she had, it was time to her way back home again through the kitchen door, where love and happiness had always been waiting on the other side.
 My Berlin Kitchen is a mouthwatering tribute to Berlin and a love letter to food, romance and following your heart. Love the way she told it with honesty and with sensitivity. The last two chapter is like fairy tale where Luisa telling “ I am the luckiest girl alive” and she is true . I can’t wait to try her Buttermilk Panna cotta, Braised Red cabbage and Pickled Herring Salad with Potatoes and Beet basically I want to try all her recipes and go through the book once again. I think foodies and non foodies all will enjoy the transcontinental romance about taking risk in life and kitchen, will thoroughly enjoy the chapters brimming with colorful cooking tales and savory recipes.



 NOTE: Viking/Penguin gave me a review copy of My Berlin Kitchen .

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To make morning healthy delicious today I make this awesome Coffee Banana Smoothie.Some think bananas are just for monkeys but hopefully not so give it a thought reading the benefits and then the recipe. I am sure you will never say no to it.Banana is loaded with goodness and it very good fruit to start the morning with.Banana have high level of tryptophan which help to overcome depression and is converted into serotonin....the happy - mood brain transmitter.It also helps against muscle cramps during work out and night cramps.Banana helps to build strong bones and reduce swelling, protects against type II diabetes, aid weight loss, strengthen nervous system, and help with the production of white blood cells, all due to high level of vitamin B6. Strengthen your blood and relieve anemia with the added iron.Coffee too have some health benefit. Though many will say that coffee loaded with caffeine is not at all good but recent study shows that Caffeine's primary mechanism in the brain is blocking the effects of an inhibitory neurotransmitter called Adenosine. By blocking the inhibitory effects of Adenosine, caffeine actually increases neuronal firing in the brain and the release of other neurotransmitters like dopamine and norepinephrine. Caffeine can improve mood, reaction time, memory, vigilance and general cognitive function. Coffee contains a decent amount of several vitamins and minerals. It is also the biggest source of antioxidants in the modern diet. So when you will have coffee banana smoothie in the morning it is obvious it will give you a kick start.But it also true that I am not recommending the drink all days but once in a week you can relish this healthy luxury.



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Smoked Chicken with Vegetable Noodles is a very delicious and quick fix recipe. Vegetables add make it more healthy. Sometimes in BBQ parties we have some leftover which we don't know what to do with and don't feel like having them as it is. So here is a little fusion with noodles and smoked chicken. It is a not always you have to use the leftover you can make your smoked chicken and then go for the recipe. I hope you will enjoy this fusion.

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I think I am getting addicted to mushroom, after preparing mushroom rice a pack was was still resting on my freeze so I thought making something random but delicious. I just went wild in mixing sauce material but sometime you have to believe in your instinct and try something new. I am blessed that it come out truly delicious and  I think even you can share it with young teens as the mango jam gives it a sweet tart taste. It 's easy to cook and take a very little time.I am sure you will love this Mushroom in Mayonnaise Sauce.

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