The Berliner - A Filling Episode

Unfortunately I have been felled by manflu a much belittled affliction. So no Agnes Bernauer and Bavarian dukes. That will be next week.

For now some completely random stories about the Berliner, aka Bismarck Doughnuts for our American friends, why and where and how - featuring Felix Mendelssohn, Richard Wagner, Frederick the Great and Cato the Elder and a guy who cuts the hearts out of one age-old culinary traditions...

The music for the show is Flute Sonata in E-flat major, H.545 by Carl Phillip Emmanuel Bach (or some claim it as BWV 1031 Johann Sebastian...