I joined Dan from Germany during Oktoberfest for our latest appearance on Madeleine Brand's show, talking beer and sausage. As I say often, there's a lot more to German food and drink culture than these two things. And there's a lot more to Germany than Munich, the theme of my recent Slate article on great beers beyond Oktoberfest. But sausage,
We talked a bit about the mixing of beer and banana juice in one of our episodes from Germany. German media outlet Deutsche Welle invited me to write a commentary about Biermischgetraenke, the German beverage genre that combines beer with soda, juice, or in the case of the drinks seen here, super sweet syrup. I love German beer, but, as
See the full gallery on Posterous We had a fantastic meetup in Berlin, a highlight of my Germany adventure. It was a great turnout for our first European gathering. I met several cool Eaters, including one from Dresden who uses Sporkful as a tool to teach English to students training for work in food and hospitality. (Really!
Montana Public Radio reporter Dan Boyce interviewed me here in Germany for a story about the Reinheitsgebot, Germany's legendary beer purity law (radio version here). He looks at the lasting impact of the old law from Germany all the way to a craft brewery in Montana. The law originally allowed only barley, hops and water in beer. It helped German
See the full gallery on Posterous Hello Eaters, Sporkful is going Transatlantic for a few weeks. I'm in Germany on a Burns Fellowship to do journalism here and improve my German. But fear not, Dan and I being on different continents won't slow down The Sporkful. I've got recording equipment, so we'll continue recording new episodes via tape sync. And we
We got a great crowd at the DC meetup the other day. Thanks so much to all the folks who came out! DC-area residents will now know who among them is especially awesome, since several people bought Sporkful T-shirts. Thanks so much for your support! I had a blast meeting everyone and hearing about the local food scene. Key topics