The Berlin Cookbook

Offering traditional recipes and stories about the heritage of Berlin food, the cookbook reveals easy-to-follow recipes for schnitzel, currywurst, eisbein, döner kebap, and those jelly donuts known as Berliners. How eisbein got its name, why Friedrich II made Prussian farmers plant potatoes, how meatballs were imported by Huguenots, and how Bismarck got his herring are also inside. This guide proves that Berlin cuisine is simple, wholesome, and down-to-earth.