Between two kitchens

Most nutrition advice issued in Germany is written for a household where everyone eats their own plate and nobody serves you more. It works until the first guest arrives.

In many of the families I work with, though, eating is something that happens between people. Refusing is not refusing the dish. Taking a little means explaining yourself. A plan that does not know this is not followed — it is simply not mentioned again.

So I work on order, on portion, on what else is on the plate, and almost never on a prohibition. It is slower and it lasts longer.

It runs both ways: the German canteen, the Vesper, the Abendbrot are patterns with rules of their own. I know both from the inside. That is not an extra qualification, it is just where I start from.