We were very much surprised whether the size and variety, the suppliers and their products at this year's first Coffee Festival in Izmir, what we would not have expected in such colorful activities of the exhibitors and such a high number of really interested visitors.

Again and again spontaneously, there was another cooking experience, because despite the immense size of the Ferropolis leisure complex, some encounters can hardly be avoided - what luck for us if, as in this case, we can take care of the physical well-being again.

After completing our outdoor presentation, a quick tour of the Ferropolis area, which really extends over the peninsula, so our thoughts, then and to our surprise, another highlight was awaiting us: In a pot around the world - Shakshuka.

The river Unstrut meanders for a total of 192 kilometers through the Thuringian Basin, past Mühlhausen and Bad Langensalza, through the vineyards near Freyburg and finally flows into the Saale near Naumburg.

In almost all cultures on earth, tea is prepared in special, one could say typical containers, whether in jugs, in pots, in larger ceramic or wooden vessels, which often have culture-typical shapes and are in many places part of the arts and crafts.

If you come from the far north of our Republic, drinking tea is part of the daily basic diet, far more than morning coffee, but without celebrating the Frisian-East Frisian preparation ceremony.

Who of us adults and children is not a fan of ice cream, this delicious, cool mass that is now available in countless flavors in the relevant ice cream parlors.

Traveling through Turkey always means dealing with the local products and specialties, be it in the Andana region, where you should of course rely on the Adana kebab as a local specialty for the main course, as well as the Urfa kebab, if to travel to the Sanliurfa region.

If, despite the corona-related visitors restriction, a welcome colleague surprisingly announces himself as a stopover on his journey and also speaks of his feeling of hunger, who, next to it, is also a well-known, true apple fan, you should of course treat him with hospitality.

Another day of the trade fair in Poznan had come to an end and once again there was a clear feeling of hunger in the stomach area.

Bad weather - not in the mood for a walk or a bike ride to the local bakery and yet the desire for fresh cake was great.

Our friend Bertl had invited us for a walk in the city centre of Vienna, an invitation we gladly accepted, as there is always something special to see or do with him.

We were in Rewa with friends when we came across this local specialty in a restaurant that we had not seen before: Zurek Soup in the Bread Bowl.

We have already extensively reported about our visit to the Polish port of Gdynia, where we visited the marina and the beautiful sandy beach of the bay of Gdynia and of course learned something culinary so far unknown to us:

Traveling in Poland, it was a matter of course for us to use the stay in the port city of Gdynia not only for a tour along the harbor facilities and the exciting sandy beach, but also to visit a local restaurant to taste a typical Polish specialty: pierogi.

For a long time, celery was considered to be merely a part of soup vegetables, the small, often already bound green pack from the market, which usually contains carrots, parsley and leeks in addition to celery.

The sun is not really positioned high in the sky yet, but just a few clouds, what means there should not be any rain shower to be expected.

"The fact that cod would disappear from the oceans would have been unimaginable for the Vikings in the 10th century, because they followed the cod warming far to the west.

There are still some surprises when you join the breakfast table as a guest and get a mixture of pizza and pancakes, so at least the first impression, served with a fruity fresh edition: oat corn pizza with fruit, so our hostess explained in her first words!

Salmon is not just tasty but also healthy and has a high nutritional value. In addition to vitamins, minerals and easily digestible protein, it mainly contains plenty of healthy fat sorts, so-called omega-3 fatty acids.