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THE LOCAL LIST - CHRISTMAS TIME!

CHRISTMAS

German Christmas cookies to bake now

Pfeffernusse, Printen and Kipferl - oh my! It's not Christmas until you've eaten your weight in cookies, right? This week's Local List makes sure that you at least have some variety in that biscuit diet.

Published: 3 December 2014 14:44 CET
German Christmas cookies to bake now
These will definitely net you a visit from Saint Nick. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Germans love their cakes and sweets, but cookies are usually wrapped in foil packages and served exclusively with hot drinks – until Christmas, that is. 

Now is the time to break out your cookie sheet and invest in some quality cinnamon to get ready for the holidays. 

From the spicy-sweet pfeffernuss to the melt-in-your-mouth vanillekipferl, we hope you enjoy our mouth-watering round up of German Christmas cookies. 

Now excuse me, I'm off to buy some butter. 

In pictures: Christmas cookies to bake right now!

Lebkuchen. Photo: DPA

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FOOD AND DRINK

Danish chef wants to launch gourmet dining to stratosphere

Danish chef Rasmus Munk wants to take high-end cuisine to the edge of space, with plans to serve up a stratospheric dining experience in 2025, his restaurant said Thursday.

Published: 14 March 2024 16:38 CET
Danish chef wants to launch gourmet dining to stratosphere

“The expedition will take place aboard Space Perspective Spaceship Neptune, the world’s first carbon-neutral spaceship,” Alchemist, the Copenhagen restaurant that has earned Munk two Michelin stars, said in a statement.

“They will dine as they watch the sunrise over the Earth’s curvature” at an altitude of 100,000 feet (30,000 metres) above sea level, it said.

For $495,000 per ticket, six tourists will embark on a six-hour journey in a pressurised space capsule that will rise into the stratosphere in a hydrogen-filled “SpaceBalloon”.

The 32-year-old chef and self-confessed space enthusiast will be joining the trip.

READ ALSO: World-famous Copenhagen restaurant to close after 2024

Munk promises “dishes inspired by the role of space exploration during the last 60 years of human history, and the impact it has had on our society — both scientifically and philosophically”.

His menu will be restricted only by his inability to cook food over an open flame.

Many of the ingredients will be prepared on the ship from which the capsule is launched, according to Alchemist, which is ranked fifth among the world’s restaurants in 2023 according to the World’s Best 50 Restaurants guide.

In recent decades, Denmark has emerged as a gastronomical powerhouse on terra firma, with the Copenhagen restaurants Noma and Geranium both having held the title of the world’s best restaurant.

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