Cookbook Review: Classic German Baking - by Luisa Weiss
Since my last trip to see my family, I have been extremely homesick. You'd think that seeing my home, friends, and family would make me feel better - and it does! - but it also pulls at my heart all over again, when we have to say goodbye. And so I try to find a little piece of comfort where ever I go...just enough to ease my yearning for home! I recently came across a Facebook post from a lovely fellow Berliner, who announced that she will be coming to Brooklyn for a book signing of her new cookbook Classic German Baking . Luisa Weiss, who is also the creator of a wonderfully written food blog called The Wednesday Chef , went to the same High School as my sister and me, and after living in several places around the world, has settled back in her birthplace of Berlin. Born to an Italian mother and an American father, Luisa has shared her journey of multi-cultural upbringing in her memoir "My Berlin Kitchen - A Love Story" , which I devoured last year. When I saw