Category Archives: Collecting

Cookbooks – Part 5

This will be, at this moment, the last part of my cookbook series. Hope you enjoyed it all and found some help, tips, and information. Stay healthy in these hard times. A Brief Guide to Collecting Cookbooks. Humble cookbooks have … Weiterlesen →

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Cookbooks – Part 4

Now we are already in part 4 with my cookbook series. This will be the final introduction of my cookbooks. In a few weeks, I will add the part of „collecting cookbooks“ with lots of tips, how and where to … Weiterlesen →

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Cookbooks – Part 3

If you have been following my blog for awhile, you will know that we love to go out for lunch or dinner. But in the long run, this can be quite expensive! At the beginning of the blog, I often … Weiterlesen →

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Cookbooks – Part 2

Here comes my second part of the cookbook series. Actually, it’s crazy who thinks they have to publish a cookbook. In the following, you can see some of them which are not known to everybody and are not used in … Weiterlesen →

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Cookbooks – Part 1

Without question I AM A COLLECTOR and friend of interesting things, I love history and I am a fan of good cuisine, according to the motto: „Life is to short for bad food or wine“! During the last 60 years … Weiterlesen →

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Vegetable Ivory

     Finest Tagua Nut art. For many years we lived in Panama, there we came of course across the indigenous local artists. Just visiting one of the many souvenir markets or events could bring you in personal contact with … Weiterlesen →

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Collecting – Luggage Labels Uruguay 2

Hotel El Mirador, Colonia. Jose Sande, current Director of Hotel El Mirador, was born into a very humble family in La Piedra, a tiny village in Galicia, Spain. He was called Pepe. „Pepe“ was never an ordinary child, and his … Weiterlesen →

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Collecting – Luggage Labels Uruguay 1

LUGGAGE LABELS HAVE AN INTRICATE LANGUAGE. I wish they could also speak, as the story’s they could tell would be of far greater essence than what we see through them or what we can learn from researching hotel history. Some … Weiterlesen →

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Mock Turtle Soup

Writing about FOOD and HISTORY can be as adventurous as reading a thrilling novel. With this post I like to lead you through the adventure of the „Mock Turtle Soup“. Mock turtle soup is an English soup that was created … Weiterlesen →

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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

World’s first printed Christmas card on display. When I saw this headline, my history interest was awakened. I read about this card on display and went deeper into her story, history and background. The few information’s I found I like … Weiterlesen →

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