Christmas

Chicago’s Christkindlmarket ~ I thought I was in Germany

December 16, 2011
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  I went to Chicago for the Thanksgiving holiday to visit my daughter and family and after our big dinner on Thursday we wanted to get out in the sunshine and do a little sightseeing.   Every year from the day before Thanksgiving to Christmas Eve Chicago puts on one of the most authentic German [...]

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Gingerbread Biscotti

December 11, 2011
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   It wouldn’t be Christmas in my house without cakes and cookies filled with the wonderful flavors of cinnamon, cloves and ginger.  Most importantly, it wouldn’t smell like Christmas. We love the aroma of warm burnt almonds, gingerbread and lebkuchen so when I saw this recipe for gingerbread biscotti at Joy of Baking I was [...]

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Nurnberger Lebkuchen ~ German Gingerbread

November 30, 2011
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 One of the oldest and most beautiful Christmas markets in Europe is the Christkindlmarkt in Nuremberg,Germany. The Christmas Angel opens this famous market on the Friday before the first Sunday of Advent and when it closes on Christmas Eve more than 2 million visitors will have browsed the almost 200 stalls and feasted on Nuremburger bratwurst, [...]

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