German grandmothers have been passing along the kuchen tradition for generations: mixing up sweet yeast dough to form coffee cakes filled with fresh fruit of the season and rich, creamy custard made ...

ACEQUIA • Darlene Moser learned early in life to be thrifty and skillful in the kitchen. Her traditional German-Russian kuchen — coffee cake — shined at Acequia Days, the town’s centennial celebration ...

Kuchen (German for "cake") is a kind of catchall name for several different pastries. Some are cakes with fruit, while others are more like custard tarts, or they can be a combination of the two. A ...

Whenever I suffer an emotional blow, I have a coded phrase that my husband and daughter both understand. I say, “The urchin has been activated.” That’s because I have a sea urchin living in my chest ...

Aunt Edith was the best cook I knew when I was a boy. Everything that came from her kitchen was sensational. Dinner at her house was unlike other dining, better than most restaurants. The food was so ...

The mid-afternoon is a signal to many Germans for a traditional pick-me-up in the form of “Kaffee und Kuchen” - literally, coffee and cake. Be it with coworkers, friends, or family, the culture of ...