Marie-Louise Crona – Okay Café – new podcast episode

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What do we want? CINNAMON BUNS! When do we want them? …Every day at Okay Café except Mondays, #dayoff! As part of my ongoing series documenting the talented women of the Berlin food world, on this latest episode of the Berlin Belly podcast we meet Marie-Louise Crona, aka Makki, chief baker of Okay Café in Neukölln, Berlin!

Listen in to hear how Makki progressed from baking for friends to baking full-time for Okay Café since opening earlier this year – and exactly how many thousand cinnamon buns that means…

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Makki steps out of the Okay Café kitchen for a giggle and sunlight break

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1 Year of Thelonious Bar!

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Laura Maria Marsueschke and Keith Corwin

This Friday and Saturday Thelonious Bar in Neukölln is celebrating 1 year of serving up delicious cocktails with a smile.  There’s a party weekend planned, with the main party happening on Friday night. Word on the street (or FB invite) indicates there will be snacks if you get there on time!

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Katie’s Blue Cat Opens Online

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The delightful coffee shop and bakery especially popular for it’s home-made granola and anglo-american style in-house baked goods served up in a beautiful interior  – unless I imagined it, I had an amazing moon pie there a long time ago, that I still think about sometimes – is now open for business online, with a beautifully designed new website. Ngoc Duong and Olivia Wood opened Katie’s Blue Cat in Neukölln in 2011.

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Romanian Pop-up Dinner

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Next Tuesday Andreea Buteata will host a Romanian pop-up dinner at Café Futuro in Neukölln. Last week I was lucky to photograph Andreea’s dishes as she tested out some inspiration for her menu. Here, Andreea answers a few questions about what we can look forward to!

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Fried chicken, with pear and caramelised leeks

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