At Jean-Yves Bordier's Maison de Beurre in Saint Malo, butter paddles beat water out of butter / © Photo: Georg Berg

Beurre Bordier from Saint Malo

In 1984, Jean Yves Bordier opened a butter shop in the Rue de l’Orme. He wants to make butter again as his grandfather did, with time, wooden tools and traditional techniques.

Honey pump by Joseph Beuys, documenta 6 in Kassel 1977 / © Photo: Georg Berg

The documenta in Kassel

In 2022, the 15th documenta will take place in Kassel. The art exhibition has become a place for debates on contemporary art and current sociopolitical contexts.

Hikes around the three lakes of Kaysersberg. Here at Lac Blanc / © Photo: Georg Berg

Hiking in the Vosges

The Vosges are a varied low mountain range. Nevertheless, you do not have to do without good wine, hearty cuisine and picturesque towns.

Black truffle with scallop. A classic in French cuisine / © Photo: Georg Berg

Truffle – Favorite of gastronomy

In France, they call it the black diamond of gastronomy. Truffles are among the most expensive edible mushrooms in the world. Before Christmas, the price per kilo rises to 1,000 euros or more.

Opening an oyster with the oyster knife / © Photo: Georg Berg

Oysters always suit

Oysters are invigorating and energizing, like the primordial sea from which all life originated. It is recommended to chew them for a long time instead of swallowing them with fright.

After 20 seconds in the dense smoke of straw, the cheese wheels are streaked / © Photo: Georg Berg

Smoked cheese from Denmark

All of Denmark loves this cream cheese. The Gundestrup dairy on Funen supplies supermarkets, as well as the Danish royal family and top restaurants.

The Schlenkerla is omnipresent. This is what the people of Bamberg called the brewer Andreas Graser, second in the generation of the current owner family. He flapped his arms conspicuously as he walked and thus got his nickname / © Photo: Georg Berg

Specialty smoked beer

Beer used to have a strong smoky aroma without exception, and not only in Bamberg. Only industrial malt drying banished the smoke from the beer.

Calm, concentrated and everything in view, this is how star chef Thomas Kellermann works with his team in the kitchen / © Photo: Georg Berg

Top chefs and their white brigade

Gourmet cuisine, that much is certain, is highly complex and behind it lies an extremely professional coordination of the white brigade. A real team effort.

View of the back of the Saint-Pancrace church, built from 1489 to 1503 in the Provençal Gothic style with a Renaissance facade in Aups, France / © Photo: Georg Berg

Winter truffle with chefs of Provence

Winter truffles are available in Provence from December. Then the upscale gastronomy in the Var department always has one or more truffle dishes on the menu

To collect the wild asparagus in Tuscany is rarely possible. This delicacy is precious and rare like truffles / © Photo: Georg Berg

Tuscany wild asparagus

Wild asparagus is considered a delicacy in Tuscany. In markets it is sold as a rarity. The harvest period extends over a few weeks in April.

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