Cooking Across the Ages. Episode 20 Imperial Germany’s Cabbage and SauerbratenCooking Across the Ages. Episode 20 Imperial Germany’s Cabbage and Sauerbraten

Henriette Davidis wrote the most popular German cookbook of the 19th century, Praktisches Kochbuch (Practical Cookbook). For the first time in history, with urbanization and the birth of a working class, she knew German women might not have learned to cook before marriage, so she wrote this book for them. Follow her recipes for a delicious red cabbage, sauerbrauten, and bread dumplings.