When we were posted to Germany, we always looked forward to October because that meant Oktoberfests which almost by definition means good food, good beer and good cheer. Dave is the beer drinker in our family, but there was one little gausthaus called The Adler Klaus in Lahr that served the only kind of beer that I’ve ever actually liked. …
Everyone in our family loves mushrooms. We love them raw as snacks. We love them sliced and fried in butter or mixed into stir fries. Fresh mushrooms are great to have on hand to add to all sorts of recipes. But as our kids went off to university and college, we found that sometimes a package of mushrooms didn’t get…