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Food

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Sick pups found in van

Society: 9 Feb 12
German police this week rescued 92 puppies from a van, after the dogs had spent 13 hours being transported across Europe without food or water. READ »

Arctic cold wreaks quirky havoc across Germany

National: 8 Feb 12
The bitter cold is wreaking havoc across Germany in unexpected ways, with the subzero temps freezing an ice cream factory, forcing gravediggers to use jackhammers and driving penguins indoors. But Hamburg is having a party. READ »

What's on in Germany: February 2 - 8

Lifestyle: 2 Feb 12
This Week's Highlights: Burlesque in Hamburg, children's theatre in Nuremberg, and an exhibition in Berlin examines the dark side of technology. READ »

Tub of lard found fit to eat after 64 years

Society: 1 Feb 12
A 64-year-old tub of American lard has been deemed fit for human consumption by food safety authorities in the eastern German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. READ »

Will Bionade fizz go flat after Dr Oetker takeover?

Business & Money: 1 Feb 12
Trendy German soft drink maker Bionade could lose its cult cachet after being bought out by un-hip food giant Dr Oetker, a firm best known for cake mixes and frozen pizzas. READ »

Art explores discount shopping culture

Society: 30 Jan 12
A shopping trolley immersed in white sugar, 2,000 vacuum-packed sausages littering the floor and thousands of slices of bread forming little houses are all part of a modern art display exploring Germany's discount shopping culture. READ »

Cruise survivors unable to board train home

National: 24 Jan 12
German railway operator Deutsche Bahn is apologising after a conductor refused to allow a couple to board a train home, despite the fact their tickets and money had been destroyed in the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster. READ »

Would you pay more for green grub?

Analysis & Opinion: 20 Jan 12
The food industry gathering in Berlin for the annual Green Week convention says conditions for farm animals can be improved – but the products would be more expensive. Would you pay more for humanely produced food? Have your say. READ »

Green Week: Animal-friendly food costs more

Society: 19 Jan 12
The biggest agriculture show in the world opens in Berlin on Friday, with the dominant message being: Animal-friendly agriculture is possible, but it costs extra. READ »

Looking at food 'prompts appetite hormone'

Science & Technology: 19 Jan 12
The feelings of hunger that suddenly appear when looking at pictures of food are not all in the head – German researchers have shown they are in the blood too. READ »

'Kebab-Murders' called 'worst word of 2011'

Society: 17 Jan 12
A jury of language experts has picked Döner-Morde (Döner Murders) as 2011’s most despicable German word, saying that in the wake of racist murders the term reduced a victimised minority community to food hawkers. READ »

Last GM crop developer leaves German soil

Business & Money: 17 Jan 12
BASF, the last firm still developing genetically modified crops in Germany is stopping its work, admitting defeat in the face of widespread European opposition to to the idea. READ »

Germans' fuss for bubbly 'forces plane to land'

Society: 16 Jan 12
A German couple allegedly forced a Delta Airlines jet to make an unscheduled stop in Florida on Sunday – after making inordinate demands for champagne and food and refusing to sit down despite being told to by plane staff. READ »

Chicken infected with antibiotic-resistant germs

Society: 9 Jan 12
Chicken sold in German supermarkets is often contaminated with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to a spot test carried out by environmentalists who said the over-use of antibiotics in farming posed a danger to human health. READ »

Faeces-filled flat cleared by authorities

Society: 4 Jan 12
A German court ruled Tuesday that the police were within their rights to clear out a man’s home whose floor was covered with animal faeces and food remains. The man lived with 150 free-roaming rabbits. READ »

Pack of cigarettes to cost more than €5

Business & Money: 30 Dec 11
Smokers will not only pay for their habit with their health in 2012 – prices are increasing too, with a pack of 19 cigarettes topping €5 for the first time. READ »

Berlin's spirits come in small batches

Society: 29 Dec 11
As the drinks flow over the days and nights leading up to January 1, spare a thought for the bumper crop of potatoes which introduced northern Germany to large-scale spirit making. Caitlan Carroll looked at what has evolved. READ »

The Local’s top five offbeat stories of 2011

Lifestyle: 27 Dec 11
After a huge year for dramatic news, The Local has collected together five stories from our 2011 ‘Offbeat’ archive that may have slipped through your news filter. READ »

Oniony pig farts legal, court rules

Society: 22 Dec 11
A court in the northern German town of Osnabrück has ruled that a farmer is allowed to feed his pigs vast quantities of raw onions, despite complaints from neighbours about their eye-watering gaseous emissions. READ »

Celebrating a German Christmas down under

Lifestyle: 21 Dec 11
Germany is transformed into a winter wonderland during the holidays, but what happens when a German family has to celebrate the Yuletide during summer down under? Jeff Kavanagh reports on a very kiwi Christmas. READ »

Man acquitted of rape but jailed for incest

Society: 19 Dec 11
Adolf B., who conceived three disabled children with his daughter, has been sentenced to two years and eight months in prison for incest by a Nuremberg court. But he was acquitted of 500 counts of rape. READ »

Germany's favourite food

Lifestyle: 19 Dec 11
Wintertime may be cold and grey in Germany, but the season is the perfect season to enjoy some of the country’s notoriously hearty food. The Local has compiled a list of some our favourite German culinary delights. READ »

German pediatric heart device receives FDA okay

Science & Technology: 18 Dec 11
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a first mechanical cardiac assist device for children that can help keep patients alive as they await a transplant. READ »

Beating the holiday bag blues at Frankfurt Airport

Lifestyle: 14 Dec 11
Long lines and lost luggage make travelling during the holidays as much fun as an eggnog hangover. Caitlan Carroll spoke with the experts at Frankfurt Airport to ensure you’ll at least arrive at your destination with your bag. READ »

Italian 'organic' food fraud hits German market

Society: 8 Dec 11
Worried German organic food producers are examining their stocks after it emerged that more than 500 tonnes of cereals sold as organic was part of a multi-million-euro fraud, and the food was not organic. READ »

The Local's guide to German Christmas markets

Lifestyle: 7 Dec 11
Put on your mittens, don your cap, and join The Local for a tour of Germany’s best-loved Christmas markets. Frohe Weihnachten! READ »

Mulled wine sales collapse in warm weather

Business & Money: 5 Dec 11
Germans are drinking less mulled wine than usual, with unseasonably warm weather this autumn cutting consumption by nearly 20 percent – enough to fill a 25-metre swimming pool. READ »

Fox carcass discovery closes restaurant

Society: 2 Dec 11
Health inspectors have shut down a Vietnamese restaurant in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt after they found a fox carcass there, apparently ready to be eaten or served to customers. READ »

Holiday jeer for 'ugliest' German Christmas tree

Society: 29 Nov 11
Dubbed Germany's “ugliest” Christmas tree, a 12-metre-tall, fire belching metal tannenbaum erected in central Berlin has dismayed many of the capital city's residents. READ »

Gigantic baby ‘Jihad’ born in Berlin

Society: 25 Nov 11
Doctors were left astounded after a gigantic baby set a new record for Germany’s heaviest-ever naturally born newborn Friday. The boy is named Jihad. READ »

Court says no to misleading Nutella labels

Society: 18 Nov 11
A German court has told makers of Nutella to change the labels which it said were misleading, giving the impression that the nut-chocolate spread had more vitamins and less fat and sugar than it did. READ »

Germans defend Greek honour amid debt crisis

Society: 16 Nov 11
Popular opinion in Germany holds that the Greeks have only themselves to blame for their country's crushing debt crisis. But Germans who have made Greece their home are now fighting ugly stereotypes on both sides. READ »

LA goes crazy for Berlin Currywurst snack

Lifestyle: 15 Nov 11
Los Angeles and Berlin residents might not seem to have much in common, but health-conscious Californian hipsters have discovered a hankering for the German capital’s favourite snack food: the Currywurst. Caitlan Carroll reports. READ »

Berlin project promises urban fish and veg 'Fresh from the Roof'

Society: 15 Nov 11
Ambitious plans are being drawn up in Berlin for what will be the world's biggest roof-farm, growing vegetables on top and breeding fish in tanks inside, in a self-watering and fertilising system. READ »

German children not as fat as Italians

Society: 14 Nov 11
Germany may have the most overweight adults in Europe, but that may be changing: The nation's children are not as fat as the Italians, according to researchers preparing a report on the heath of European youths. READ »

Allotments grow on urban gardening generation

Society: 14 Nov 11
More than 150 years after the idea first took root, allotments are becoming hip with a new gardening generation in Germany. READ »

New suspect detained in neo-Nazi terror case

National: 13 Nov 11
Police have arrested another suspect in the far-right terror cell case that has shocked Germany. The man is a suspected accomplice of the trio of neo-Nazis thought to have carried out a string of racist killings. READ »

Investigation widens into neo-Nazi terror trio

National: 12 Nov 11
Investigators believe a suspected far right terror cell allegedly involved in a German policewoman's killing may be linked to other unsolved crimes with anti-Semitic or racist motives. READ »

Foodwatch says cholesterol-reducing margarine needs pharmacist approval

Society: 11 Nov 11
The German consumer protection group Foodwatch has called for margarine which promises to reduce blood cholesterol levels to be only sold in pharmacies, calling it a “pill to spread on your bread.” READ »

Tomato juice tastes 'plane' better at high altitude says scientist

Science & Technology: 11 Nov 11
Nearly a quarter of people who drink tomato juice while flying say they only like it while sitting in a plane. Why? A German scientist has discovered the red stuff actually does taste different at high altitudes. READ »

Celebrating St. Martin's Day in Germany

Lifestyle: 11 Nov 11
Each November 11, Germans celebrate St. Martin's Day. But what exactly are we celebrating and why are there kids with paper lanterns in the streets? The Local has the lowdown. READ »

Bavarian beer hall tries to seduce Berlin

Society: 9 Nov 11
What promises to be the biggest beer hall in Europe has opened in Berlin, prompting a culture clash by bringing Bavarian boozing culture to the Prussian-accented German capital, as Moises Mendoza discovered. READ »

German cities becoming increasingly 'wild'

Society: 8 Nov 11
Wild boars digging up gardens, foxes roaming building sites, and raccoons ravaging allotments – city-dwelling Germans are reporting increasing sightings of and problems with wildlife. READ »

Dynamo Dresden face Cup ban for fan violence

Sport: 2 Nov 11
Last week’s fan violence at a Cup fixture between Borussia Dortmund and Dynamo Dresden is set to have more consequences. The German Football Association (DFB) is now threatening to exclude Dresden from the competition. READ »

Photo exhibition shows tasty fashion

Society: 29 Oct 11
The line between food and fashion has been well and truly blurred in a new exhibition at Berlin's Museum for Communication which is displaying portraits of models wearing outfits made entirely of food. READ »

Hungry Germans happily adopt Turkish döner

Society: 28 Oct 11
Discussions of integration generally focus on how well immigrants have adapted to their new country – but half a century after Turks started moving to Germany, few things underscore their societal impact than the ubiquitous döner kebab. READ »

What's on in Germany: October 27 - November 2

Lifestyle: 27 Oct 11
This Week's Highlights: Mexican Day of the Dead celebrations in Berlin, A 3D tribute to Pink Floyd in Hamburg and the Frankfurt Marathon. READ »

Stone Age leftovers show a gradual move from fish to milk diets

Science & Technology: 25 Oct 11
Stone Age cooking pots found in the Baltic Sea show that people only gradually changed their diet as the first farm animals were kept and milk started to become available as well as oils from marine animals. READ »

Occupy Wall Street comes to Germany

National: 15 Oct 11
Thousands of demonstrators joined the "Occupy Wall Street" movement in several German cities on Saturday, protesting against the global financial system. Similar demonstrations took place around the world. READ »

German cooking leaves more than 200 soldiers sick in Afghanistan

National: 14 Oct 11
More than 200 soldiers in Afghanistan have fallen ill after eating at a German canteen in Mazar-e-Sharif. READ »

Frugal Germans consider cost first at the supermarket

Business & Money: 7 Oct 11
It may seem that low cost supermarkets are ubiquitous in Germany – and there are 16,000 of them scattered around the country – but shoppers here are generally confident of the quality of their groceries. READ »

What's on in Germany: October 6 - 12

Lifestyle: 6 Oct 11
This Week's Highlights: Max Liebermann in Hamburg, Samuel Beckett in Munich, and an ancient metropolis comes to life in Berlin. READ »

Consumer group warns of dangerous supplements

National: 6 Oct 11
Nearly one in three supplements Germans can buy online from other countries contain dangerous or illegal substances, a consumer group has warned. READ »

Tracing the capital’s history by canoe

Travel: 30 Sep 11
Crossing Berlin can be as simple as getting on a train or hopping on a bike. Shane Thomas McMillan and his friends decided to get a different view of the capital – taking its snaking waterways by canoe. READ »

Reaping the benefits of Germany's seasonal mania

Analysis & Opinion: 26 Sep 11
Drew Portnoy, a proud child of 1970's American suburbia, was granted a great spiritual awakening when he came to Germany: that food does in fact have seasons. And sometimes even flavour. READ »

Starbucks aims to treble its cafes in Germany

Business & Money: 22 Sep 11
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz says he wants to treble the number of cafes in Germany, and introduce a number of more regional products. READ »

Hugo Boss comes clean on Nazi past

Society: 21 Sep 11
Fashion firm Hugo Boss, long rumoured to be Adolf Hitler’s favourite tailor, has published a report on its less than laudable record during the Third Reich. READ »

Blackface Obama billboard sparks outrage

National: 15 Sep 11
German comedian Martin Sonneborn is well-known for jokes bordering on the tasteless. But a satirical political billboard of him posing in blackface makeup as US President Barack Obama is sparking outrage. READ »

The Local's guide to Oktoberfest

Lifestyle: 15 Sep 11
Looking to head to Munich this year for Oktoberfest? The Local has put together a guide to the world’s biggest beer bash that might get you out of Bavaria alive. READ »

Oktoberfest – the main tents

Lifestyle: 13 Sep 11
The Local's Oktoberfest guide tours the best of the big tents. READ »

Oktoberfest – the food

Lifestyle: 13 Sep 11
The Local's Oktoberfest guide tucks into some the finer victuals on offer. READ »

Classy glass from the past

Lifestyle: 13 Sep 11
The Local’s series Made in Germany presents the best the country has to offer, including the transparently superior products from Jenaer Glas. READ »

Less Arctic ice than ever

Science & Technology: 12 Sep 11
German scientists say the Arctic ice cap is smaller today than ever previously measured, providing further evidence of global warming and the need to cut carbon dioxide emissions. READ »

Sustainable sushi: Looking for another fish in the sea

Lifestyle: 6 Sep 11
Sushi might be a tasty treat, but it’s also an environmental disaster on your plate. Cinnamon Nippard reports on a German art project trying to make it from sustainable and regional sources. READ »

Bare baby bums and flyswatters

Lifestyle: 2 Sep 11
Motherhood in the Fatherland follows mum Sabine Devins as she navigates the cultural quirks of having a baby in Germany. In the latest instalment, she discovers how nudity supposedly helps baby development. READ »

What's on in Germany: September 1 - 7

Lifestyle: 1 Sep 11
This Week's Highlights: Children's films screen in Frankfurt, Simon Rattle conducts in Cologne, and magical aquatic creatures parade through Berlin. READ »

Urban gardening takes off at Berlin's fabled airport Tempelhof

Society: 29 Aug 11
It's sunflowers instead of planes and kale instead of kerosene at the German capital's legendary Tempelhof Airport, site of the Berlin Airlift and now home to one of Europe's biggest urban gardens. AFP’s Deborah Cole reports. READ »

Merkel named world's most powerful woman

Politics: 25 Aug 11
Forbes magazine has named German Chancellor Angela Merkel the world's most powerful woman, calling her the "undisputed" leader of the European Union and head of its only "real global economy." READ »

Eating sausage standing saves taxes

Society: 24 Aug 11
Eating a sausage or kebab while standing rather than sitting down could end up saving hungry Germans tax on their tasty snack, following a court ruling on Wednesday. READ »

Man's torture chamber awaited captive woman

National: 24 Aug 11
A man who kidnapped a young woman in Hamburg is suspected of preparing an elaborate torture chamber for her in his apartment, police said. READ »

What's on in Germany: August 18 - 24

Lifestyle: 18 Aug 11
This Week's Highlights: A virtual wall in Berlin, Italian art in Cologne, and Frankfurt celebrates African culture. READ »

Finding happiness without money

Society: 18 Aug 11
Sixty-nine-year-old German Heidemarie Schwermer never thought she could go so long without money, but what begun as a 12-month experiment became a unique lifestyle 15 years ago. AFP's Estelle Peard reports. READ »

Investigation seeks reason behind cable car-paraglider snarl-up

Society: 15 Aug 11
An investigation has been launched after a paraglider crashed into the wires of a cable car, trapping 20 people in a gondola 100 above the ground for 17 hours overnight at the weekend. READ »

Germany takes over EU anti-pirate mission

National: 13 Aug 11
Germany took control of the European Union's anti-pirate mission Operation Atalanta in a ceremony in Djibouti on Saturday. READ »

Woody Allen eyes Munich for film

Society: 12 Aug 11
After setting several of his films in Europe in recent years, US cinematic legend Woody Allen is now reportedly considering making a movie in Munich. READ »

Seattle man brings Berlin döner to hungry Americans

Society: 12 Aug 11
Döner in Washington state? A Seattle man has opened “The Berliner,” a fast food outlet that may be the furthest place west selling the classic Turkish-German snack. READ »

Media roundup: Diagnosing Britain's riot sickness

Analysis & Opinion: 11 Aug 11
Could Germany see riots like those hitting the UK this week? Many commentators in The Local’s media roundup don't think so. But they seem to agree with the assessment that parts of UK society are “sick.” READ »

Germans donating more to help famine-hit East Africa

Society: 8 Aug 11
Germans have increased aid donations to help East Africa after relief agencies complained the country wasn’t doing enough to stem famine in the impoverished region. READ »

Germany's last millstone mason gets busier

National: 6 Aug 11
An organic food boom in Germany is creating demand for flour ground the old way, but the country only has one person left with the skills needed to carve and maintain millstones. READ »

Berlin holiday apartments – worth checking out?

Travel: 5 Aug 11
Staying in an apartment can make a trip to Berlin more fun and more economical. Here's how to go about it. READ »

Inmates start hunger strike for internet, pay TV and conjugal visits

Society: 2 Aug 11
Five prisoners in Lower Saxony deemed too dangerous to release even though they have served their sentences are on a hunger strike for better conditions including internet access, pay TV and conjugal visits. READ »

E. coli crisis hit discounters hardest

National: 30 Jul 11
Germany's deadly E. coli crisis in May and June hit sales at the country's big discount grocery chains the hardest, according to a new study. Organic food shops actually benefited from the outbreak at first. READ »

Cologne food fair foie gras snub angers French officials

Society: 29 Jul 11
A dispute over foie gras has reached the highest levels of Franco-German ties after a Cologne food fair said the controversial French delicacy will not be allowed. READ »

New York's MoMA to toast Berlinale boss with foodie film fest

Society: 25 Jul 11
New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) will put on a culinary cinema series next month to honour the head of the Berlin film festival, Dieter Kosslick, organisers said Monday. READ »

Berlin doubles aid to combat African famine

National: 25 Jul 11
Germany is doubling its help to famine-plagued East Africa, offering €30 million in emergency assistance for food and other supplies. READ »

Germany offers to loan Libyan rebels €100 mln

Politics: 24 Jul 11
Germany said Sunday it was making available to the Libyan rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) up to €100 million ($144 million) in loans for civilian and humanitarian purposes. READ »

Consumer food ingredient website crashes on launch

Society: 20 Jul 11
A German internet site promising to serve up dialogue with food producers about their products has crashed immediately after launching after attracting a hailstorm of criticism. READ »

Betraying Berlin

Analysis & Opinion: 19 Jul 11
Roger Boyes, the Berlin correspondent for the British daily The Times, is going back to London. In his last column for The Local, he explains why he had to end his stay in the ‘narcoleptic’ German capital. READ »

Duden publishes special 'new German' dictionary

Society: 19 Jul 11
The famous Duden German dictionary publisher has gathered a selection of new words to enter the language over the last decade and put them into a special edition book to mark the 100th anniversary of its founder’s death. READ »

Discovering Munich's best summer beer locations

Lifestyle: 19 Jul 11
Summer in Munich means one thing: drinking beer outdoors. Chris Cottrell discovers five of the best places to knock back a cold Maß in the Bavarian capital. READ »

Not everyone cheering Lufthansa biofuel test

Science & Technology: 15 Jul 11
Lufthansa is testing biosynthetic fuels on Airbus A321 flights between Hamburg and Frankfurt and, if the trial is successful, hopes to expand use of the fuel across its fleet. READ »

E. coli tainted farm cleared to reopen

National: 15 Jul 11
A farm in Lower Saxony, which was the origin of the E. coli outbreak in Germany that killed 53 people, has been cleared to reopen. READ »

What's on in Germany: July 14 - July 20

Lifestyle: 14 Jul 11
This Week's Highlights: A Bollywood festival comes to Stuttgart, Hamburg hosts a triathlon, and the Alvin Ailey Company dances in Berlin. READ »

A Wurst-case scenario for the summer

Lifestyle: 12 Jul 11
Germans love a good barbecue as much as Americans and Australians. Jeff Kavanagh explores a unique grilling culture where the Wurst is the best. READ »

Fossils in Saxony shed light on ancient lizard life

Science & Technology: 8 Jul 11
Scientists in Saxony have discovered 290-million-year-old fossil skeletons of a previously unknown, tree-dwelling lizard species in a perfectly preserved petrified forest that casts new light on the habits of ancient reptiles. READ »