While many Germans can easily list typical French, Spanish or Swedish dishes, many find it a lot more difficult to define German food.
People are reluctant to resort to the clichés of sauerkraut and white sausage, since German cuisine is rightly much more than that.
Although German cuisine abroad is actually often associated with stereotypes such as white sausage, bratwurst and sauerkraut, on closer inspection it turns out to be very diverse.
German cuisine is shaped by its different agricultural cultivation areas and traditions. The frequently used expression of the “white sausage equator” makes it clear that German cuisine cannot …
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