Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
by region for a course to suit you on
www.kochschule.de
or
www.die-kochschulen.de
(both in German).
Schwarzwaldstube
( 07442-4920;
www.traube-tonbach.de
; Tonbachstrasse 237,
Baiersbronn-Tonbach; menus €155-189; closed Mon, Tue, lunch Wed)
Three Mich-
elin-starred legend in Baiersbronn in the Black Forest. Classes revolve around a theme
such as cooking with asparagus or pasta making.
Wirthaus in der Au
( 089-448 14 00;
http://wirtshausinderau.de
;
Lilienstrasse 51)
Munich's king of
Knödel
since 1901 runs an English-language dumpling-making work-
shop.
Magazin
(
Click here
)
Hop over the border to Salzburg for hands-on, small-group
classes spotlighting cookery themes from fish and crustaceans to Austrian desserts.
Grape & Grain
Here's to Beer!
Bavarians have made beer-making a science,
and not just since the passage of the
Reinheits-
gebot
(Purity Law) in Ingolstadt in 1516,
which stipulates brewers may use only four in-
gredients - malt, yeast, hops and water. It
stopped being a legal requirement in 1987
when the EU struck it down as uncompetitive, but many Bavarian brewers still conform to
it anyway, making local brews among the best in the world. Many traditional family-run
concerns have been swallowed up by the big brewers, but some smaller operations have
survived, including those set up in monasteries. Kloster Weltenburg in the Altmühltal and
Kloster Andechs near Munich are especially famous.
Beer aficionados face a bewildering choice of labels. The following is a small glossary
of the most commonly encountered varieties. Note that most Bavarian beer has an alcohol
content between 5% and 5.5%, although some can be as strong as 8%.
For an in-depth study of what's pouring at Mu-
nich's beer halls and gardens, Larry Hawthorne's
the
Beer Drinker's Guide to Munich
is an indis-
pensable tool that will take you far beyond the Hof-
bräuhaus.
BEER GARDEN GRUB
In beer gardens, tables laid with a cloth and utensils are reserved for people ordering food. If
you're only planning to down a mug of beer, or have brought along a picnic, don't sit there.
