Fun in Berlin

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The Berlin Cookbook
Author: Rose Marie Donhauser
Translator: Cindy Opitz
Genre: Cookbook
​Softcover: 102 color pages / 60 recipes
Dimensions: 8.5’’ x 8.5’’
​Suggested Retail: $15.00; 14,00 €
ISBN: 978-3-960260-5-47 (replaces ISBN  978-1-935902-50-8) 

Release: Spring 2011

The Berlin Cookbook reveals how to make Schnitzel, Currywurst,  Eisbein, Döner Kebap, and those jelly donuts known as Berliners—and how  easy it is, since Berlin cuisine is simple, wholesome, and down-to-earth. This cookbook offers sixty traditional recipes — meat dishes, vegetarian, sopus, and pastry. And it also tells stories about the heritage of Berlin food: how "Eisbein" got its name, why Frederick the Great made Prussian farmers plant potatoes, how meatballs were imported by the French Huguenots, and how Bismarck got his own herring.

Rose Marie Donhauser is an experienced cook, and also a cookbook author who has written many books especially about regional cuisine. She is also a travel journalist, food critic, and a member of the jury of Berlin’s master chefs, which annually honors the city’s best restaurants. Originally from Bavaria,  she now lives and works in Berlin.

Wings of Desire — Angels of Berlin
Author: Lothar Heinke
Pictures. Eva C. Schweitzer
Translator: Cindy Opitz
Genre: Picture Book
Softcover, 102 pages full color
Dimension: 7.5’’ x 9.25’’
Suggested Retail: $16.95
​ISBN: 978-1935902-18-8

Release: Winter 2012

Wings of Desire — Angels of Berlin is a whimsical, colorful photo collection of the many angels that watch over Berlin, from the city’s gates and bridges, church steeples, museums, and ancient cemeteries.  Some stand proudly above the entrances of mansions, and some are  modestly hidden in back yards. We’ll meet angels from the Wim Wenders landmark movie as well as Marlene Dietrich, the famous “Blue Angel,” and the angelic singer Hildegard Neff. Berlin angels also dance at parades,  linger in ice cream   parlors, and decorate Christmas markets. And even  some pets in Berlin have their very own guardian angel. This book will warm your heart.

Lothar Heinke, a Berlin native, worked as a chief reporter for the East Berlin paper Der Morgen until 1991. After the Wall came down, he joined the metro section of Tagesspiegel, Berlin's leading daily. He also published the book Fernsehturm Berlin. He likes to listen to music (especially classical music), loves Italy, and he  is a member and an ardent fan of the Berlin 1 FC Union soccer club.

Berlin for Free
Author: Monika Märtens
Translator: Cindy Opitz
Genre: Guidebook
Softcover, 104 pages
Dimensions 5’’ x 8’'
Suggested Retail: $10.95
ISBN: 978-1-935902-40-9​

Release: Winter 2010

Berlin for Free is an invaluable guide for the frugal traveler, to everything free in Berlin:  Underground pop, classical music, and concerts in the park, art shows and exhibitions, museums and movies, readings and theater, sport events,  city tours, gay life, and street fairs. All of these no-cost opportunities for kids and grown-ups alike are neatly arranged and easy to find. The book also includes more than two hundred addresses, phone numbers, and websites—and all the information is fact-checked and recently updated.​

Monika Maertens, the author, is a student at the Berlin University of  the Arts. Martin Blath, the original publisher and co-author, came to  Berlin in 2002 from the Rhine as a freelance journalist, he also worked  in PR. Two years later, he founded Verlag an der Spree—because he loves  Berlin, the most exciting city in Europe.