In Luxembourg, we celebrate “Bretzelsonndeg” every fourth Sunday of the fasting period. If a boy likes a girl, he offers her a pretzel on that special day. If the girl likes the boy as well, she’ll give him a decorated Easter egg on Easter Sunday in return. Now you definitely don’t have to be a strict Catholic to retain the old custom of “Pretzel Sunday”. And you don’t have to be vegan to enjoy the following recipe either! You don’t even have to be in love with anyone, just treat yourself 😉

Happy new year everyone! It’s the 6th of January already, I hope you’ve had a great start and that you’re doing fine with your resolutions. If not, don’t worry, every day is a fresh start and we’ve got our whole life to become a better version of ourselves. How about we do something for ourselves today by baking this delicious french King Cake and enjoying it with our family?

This is one of my favorite recipes, I make it literally every year! And every year, my family is looking forward to it, it’s just the perfect autumn/winter treat. My dad actually asked for this cake in July, apparently he just couldn’t wait for it (but he had to 😉 ). So here it is, finally, the most comforting and filling Cinnamon Roll Cake, inspired by a traditional Luxembourgian recipe.

Some of you might not have known that Luxembourg is an actual independent country or that we speak our own language. No one could blame you: our country is so tiny, you can cross it by car without even noticing. It doesn’t even take you an hour and a half to pass all the way through, going from north to south.

However, don’t underestimate us either. Luxembourg is one of the three official capitals of the European Union since it was one of its founders, along with Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Italy and Western Germany. (If you’re from the UK and you just voted for Brexit, you probably couldn’t care less lol)

I don’t want to go on babbling about my hometown, this article should be about our cuisine. If you’re interested in typical luxembourgian recipes, there’s a famous cookbook I can recommend.

I was born in Luxembourg, a tiny country somewhere between Belgium, France and Germany. We actually have our own language, spoken by hardly 300 000 people and pretty useless once you cross the borders. That’s why we’re alphabetized in German and learn French at the age of 7. Of course we’re also fluent in English by the time we leave high school. Since English isn’t my mother tongue, I hope you won’t be too hard on me – I might say weird things sometimes lol.

Here’s how we say ‘I love you’:

Ech hunn dech gär

If you want to know more about the Luxembourgian language, feel free to comment below!

When I’m abroad, people often ask me about typical Luxembourgian dishes. And it’s funny because the first thing that usually pops into my mind isn’t an actual dish, but more the way we combine two common dishes: soup and pancakes. Oh yes, you heard correctly. And no, we don’t eat soup and then have pancakes afterwards, we eat them both simultaneously. It took me years to find out that this isn’t something people usually do. So I guess we can say that it’s a typical Luxembourgian thing. You have to try it! And the best thing is, there’s no need to suppress your urge for dessert afterwards, since you’ve already had it.