Trips and Meals [antikvár]

PrefaceHappenings result from pre-happenings; so does the publishing of this book. In spring, 1969, the G.D.R.'s leading illustrated weekly NEUE BERLINER ILLUSTRIERTE started publishing a series of articles introducing the chefs of the intcrhotels in our Republic. The serjes was head-lined Gericht der Ge-richte Qudging of dishes), for each cook, introduced to the readers, surrendered with 2 of his favourite dishes to the readers' judgement. The NBI reporters Hans Prang and Horst E. Schulze had allied with the head of the interhotel-chefs Kurt Driwimer, who is well-known throughout the G.D.R. for his cooking-advice on TV. They had travelled all about the G.D.R., visiting all the interhotels, interviewing their chefs and photographing theirdishes. Many chefs used the opportunity to present regional cooking specialities, others drew from the fund of international cuisine. All of them endeavoured to supply the readers with recipes which were not too trivial and still (or just for that reason) stimulated the readers to try them out.Every 4 weeks NBI reported on a Hearing about the comparison of the interhotel-cooks. The co-operation of the NBI readers who could send in their judgements on prepared forms was beyond all expectation. At that time already many readers expressed the wish for getting the recipes in a collection. Others suggested collecting the series, too. That's how this book came into cxistencc. It tries to take the readers to a culinary trip through the interhotels of the G.D.R.Neither will nor can it be a guide for touring the G.D.R., the only criterion for selecting the towns being the fact that interhotels arc to be found there. The description of the places is necessarily incomplete. The book is not a traditional cookery-book either. The recipes were suggested by the various chefs without each other's knowledge. And this book will not teach you how to cook. Nevertheless the authors hope for an interested audience who finds pleasure in peeping the interhotel-cooks over their shoulders. They would be glad to find readers interested in visiting any of the towns described and looking forward to be guests in one of the modern interhotels of the G.D.R.