“This is my insect hotel.” Basti took me to his garden on the hillside and pointed to a piece of wood that was full of holes. The sun was scattered from the other side of the hill. Basti stood in the dazzling light, beside him was a vegetable plot he built during this epidemic. Basti, who graduated from a Business School, just published a book … Continue reading The precious horse poo and its connection to soil quality

Grocery shopping is a topic you can not avoid no matter living in which country. Surprisingly, in Germany, they do take “food” pretty seriously. Speisequark, which is quite common in Europe (and almost nowhere to find in East Asia), shows me a strange symbol with “Kostbares Retten” written on it. After a quick research, I found out it says something like ”rescue the precious”. It … Continue reading “Let the German tell you: Why you should eat your expired yogurt”