The story of one of the world's largest archaeological collections, assembled in pre-war Königsberg
How the heiress to one of Prussia’s most illustrious family names became Germany’s most influential journalist.
How the people of the Curonian Spit came to eat crows, and then got Königsberg hooked on them too
The blue that made Prussia famous: Preußisch Blau
The genealogy of a famous Prussian-Brandenburg street food
An interview with Tatyana Kolivay, philologist, translator and author of the blog “Fairy Tales of Germany”.
The name of this traditional local liqueur translates as “Bear Hunt”
How Memel became Klaipėda and what legacy it left behind
The history of Poland's maritime capital, from the Ice Age to the present day
The story of an estate that housed one of Europe's finest private collections of sculpture and painting
Copernicus, the man who “stopped the Sun and moved the Earth,” was handed the most daunting of roles: to become the founder of the heliocentric syste…
The most plausible accounts of how the famous East Prussian cheese came to be, and one old legend
They were used to make everything from soups to patties and salads
Königsberg marzipan made East Prussia famous all over the world
Over the centuries, Prussian housewives mastered all kinds of seasonings and spices, sometimes blending them together
A selection of the most interesting and characteristic recipes developed over many centuries
The biography of one of the most famous German painters, who was born in Tapiau (Gvardeysk), studied in Königsberg (Kaliningrad) and went on to achie…
How pork dishes were prepared in East Prussia
Traditional recipes for the festive table and the everyday dinner
Time-tested local recipes for mushroom dishes and dishes with mushrooms. Fortunately, there have always been plenty of them here!
The quark dishes popular in East Prussia are astonishing in their variety
Veruschka von Lehndorff, who could have perished in Buchenwald but instead became a world-famous supermodel
In East Prussia people joked that the best vegetable is meat, yet no table was complete without vegetable dishes
Original traditional recipes that have stood the test of time
Streusel, Kringel and Pfefferkuchen
The life story of the famous Königsberg artist and sculptor Käthe Kollwitz
For a long time this simple but delicious soup was the region's gastronomic symbol
Quick, bring me white cabbage, quick, bring me red cabbage, bring me cauliflower and a little swede!
Getting ready for the holidays: recipes for local cocktails, plus a look at their history
Rich catches had a beneficial effect on both the quality and the number of recipes
The centuries-old history of the Trakehner horse breed
Game was one of the pillars of traditional East Prussian cuisine
How the potato won its place on Prussian tables, plus recipes
People who survived in besieged castles had to eat worse things...
The history of Königsberger Klopse and recipes for making them
The great astronomer's achievements include calculating the orbital elements of Halley's Comet, determining the masses of several planets and develop…
In memory of the Curonian Spit, Karl came up with an original recipe that later graced the traditional local cuisine
One can only marvel at its variety, even though everyday food was very simple
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