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
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
So I'm in Germany on a journalism fellowship that's unrelated to food. But you know I'm going to do some culinary journalism while I'm here. Today, I even managed to find an ice cream story while on the science and technology beat. And it just so happens that my reporting duty included trying the ice cream.
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See the full gallery on Posterous In case you missed it, we joined host Rachel Martin for a segment on NPR's All Things Considered this past weekend. In honor of Memorial Day weekend we divulged a treasure trove of grilling secrets, including how to make a cheeseburger with the cheese on the bottom, and how to grill an egg. Click here