It's been almost a year now since I got back to Berlin. Or since I left New York, depending on how you see things. I've been through a long winter, a short, hot summer, a fall that went by too quickly and now we're narrowing in on Christmas. I found a place to live, I've made some friends, I've got a desk that's pretty good and a kitchen that's pretty great, and though I miss my people in New York every day, I like my life here so much. In fact, I love it. And finally, I'm starting to be able to see this city without the fog of newness and confusion that surrounds so much of settling in to a new place (even if it's new and old at once).
I've promised a few, or more, of you a post about my favorite restaurants in Berlin for a while now. But the more I thought about it, and the more I ran around Berlin trying to find good food to eat, the more I felt frustrated by packing everything I'd like to say about food in Berlin into a single post. And even though, when the tiny kernel of the urge to start another blog, devoted to my favorite (and not-so-favorite) things to eat in Berlin, appeared in my mind the first time, I knew intellectually that between the book and this blog and trying to have that life that I like, no love, there was no way I had room in my world for a second blog. But that kernel wouldn't budge. Instead, it took hold and grew and grew, kicked my intellectual self gently in the ribs, and found room where I thought there wasn't any, which is, dear readers, how Berlin on a Platter was born.
Berlin on a Platter is about the little discoveries I'm making in Berlin, about my favorite bakeries and snack stands, the hidden gems I might (or might not) find on my journeys around the city, gustatory wonders at the grocery store, a good restaurant in the East or a great one in the West. Consider it my personal culinary notebook for Berlin, a resource for those of you visiting this city or those of you who live here. I hope you like it.
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