ottolenghi








i've never been a straight vegetarian, but i find it quite difficut to get excited about eating meat. during the last years i've tried a lot of different recipes for vegetarian food. some of the best recipes are written by yotam ottolenghi, a london based chef who got a lot of attention for his vegetarian dishes.

today i made his delicious eggplants with buttermilk sauce and pomegranate seeds from his cookbook 'plenty'. highly recommended!

nmn






















what is there to do when it rains outside but you don't want to stay home? i hadn't been to a museum for quite a while, so i chose visiting the nmn, the neues museum nürnberg, which houses a permanent collection aswell as temporary exhibitions of modern art.

the building is an architectural masterpiece made of glass, cherry wood, concrete and white paint. its most distinguished feature is the stunning spiral staircase, which connects three different floors used as exhibition areas. i was overwhelmed by the brightness and airiness of the location and as you can see i couldn't stop taking photos...

by the way! do you remember the job interview in munich i told you about? well, i got the job! in about a week i'll be moving to munich – all there's left is to look for a proper apartment. tomorrow i'll hopefully find a place to stay. i'm very excited... keep your fingers crossed!

golden october










autumn is all around! i love autumn with its bright colours and its early nightfalls. i like sitting in my chair, a warm woollen blanket wrapped around me, drinking a cup of tea and reading a good book or listening to music that seems to be made for moments like these. here are my favourites these days:

fleet foxes
beach house
bibio 
nick drake

enjoy your sunday!
susanne

red




today i made a beetroot soup topped with creme fraiche, radish sprouts and roasted walnuts. i've never cooked beetroot before so i was quite astonished by the deep red colour of the dish. the soup was warming my stomach and tasted earthy and wholesome – just right for a cold october day.

for serving i used a bowl that i bought from a berlin designer at the mauerpark flea market. he sells his beautiful ceramic plates and vases only on weekly markets, but you can visit him on the internet, too.

something old & something new




















the weekend before i moved out of my berlin apartment some old friends of mine and me were invited to a nice coffee and cake plus dinner by another friend (we all know him from school) and his wife. we hadn't seen each other in a very long time so there were plenty of things to catch up to. the most important of all: it was the first time i got to see his baby son – the first baby in our circle of friends.

being in nuremberg for the visit i took the chance to stroll around a little bit. when i think of nuremberg images of greyish industrial buildings pop into my head immediatly – but around the burgviertel with its narrow streets and courtyards, its thick stone walls and medieval houses you can get a feeling what a beautiful town nuremberg must have been in the past.

i'm already looking forward to december when the famous nuremberg christkindlesmarkt takes place. i can already smell the spicy glühwein and the delicious ginger cakes.

have a great week!