From small-town bakeries to the bustle of Christmas markets, German desserts offer some of the most unforgettable flavors in Europe. Many of these classic recipes use simple ingredients and come ...

Lebkuchen, also known as pfefferkuchen or German gingerbread, is essential to the Christmas season in Germany (and to many German families in Wisconsin) — but bakers might want to start preparing in ...

Lebkuchen is often referred to in the English-speaking world as "German gingerbread." It's not. Ginger is usually the spice least called for in a Lebkuchengewürz (spice blend) and traditionally not at ...

For me it isn't Christmas without lebkuchen. Ever since the early 1990s the treat and my winter holidays have been inextricably linked. I blame my German exchange brother, Jochen. For Christmas his ...

The doors of the Düll bakery in Nuremberg open at 6am, but at this time of year, employees work more or less around the clock. Every day a team of 15 make 6,000 Lebkuchen, a traditional German ...

You've been baking sourdough bread and making kimchi and sauerkraut and kombucha (or at least consuming them), all foodstuffs that take their sweet time. But have you been taking the long view to ...