Wiesbaden’s Weekly Market during COVID-19
I wrote about the changes that have been implemented at Wiesbaden’s twice-weekly market during the COVID-19 lockdown for a recent Guild of Food Writers members’ newsletter. I have seen very little…
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Where to eat roast goose in Wiesbaden and Mainz
If there’s one dish that’s popular throughout Germany during the final two months of the year, one festive-looking plate of food best suited to the cold, dark nights that fill…
The Wiesbaden Farmers’ Market: A Year in Food (October)
‘ve walked down to the farmers’ market at the Wiesbaden Martkplatz almost every Saturday for the last five or six years (the past year excluded, having been in the U.S.). It’s…
Das Isst Wiesbaden? A Wiesbaden Food Tour
I’ve been living in Wiesbaden for a little over six years now, and I like to think I know Hessen’s capital pretty well. I’m not saying I’ve eaten in every restaurant…
Back soon! Eating Wiesbaden is returning in February…
But not as you know it! After two weeks of battling some mighty peculiar technical problems, I’ve finally fixed my website. Well, I’ve sort of fixed it. The comments are back…
Eating Wiesbaden: now in French!
Well, not all of it… but you can now read a series of some of my favourite posts, translated into French, in the online newsletter of the German Embassy in Paris, starting…
How to Celebrate Valentine’s Day in Wiesbaden and Mainz – Whatever Your Budget
The way to a man’s heart, they say, is through his stomach. Well, it’s the way to the hearts of most of the women I know, too; and it is,…
Wiesbaden’s 5 Most Indulgent Hot Chocolates
Wiesbaden during Autumn and Winter is often wet, grey and utterly miserable. If this isn’t the time for treating yourself to a cup of steaming hot liquid chocolate, I simply…
Review: Amadeus – a neighbourhood local in the Rheingauviertel, Wiesbaden
I was dead on my feet on Wednesday night following a fairly hideous few days at work accompanied by crippling back pain, thanks to now being nearly five months…
The 3 Best Ice Creams in Wiesbaden
I realise this might well be considered the wrong end of the summer to be writing about ice cream, but it’s been a long, hard couple of months of research…
Review: Chausseehaus, Wiesbaden
In this sort of weather (by which I mean the recent blue skies and sunshine rather than the scorching, insufferably humid heat or the increasingly common, surprisingly chilly grey days),…
Travel Germany Podcast
I recently joined Nicole Palazzo on The Expat Cast podcast to talk all about the city of Wiesbaden as a travel destination. Having immigrated to the Hessian capital in 2010,…
5 German wineries with outdoor dining
The regulations have relaxed and dining out in Germany is possible once again. The big question is of course, where to go. Well, in pleasing timing, wineries all over Germany’s…
What to drink with white asparagus
White asparagus, with its earthy, delicately nutty taste, has a distinctive balance of slightly sweet and bitter flavours that are notoriously tricky to pair with wine. The Wine Rambler explains, “Asparagus is…