People are afraid of getting sick. Fresh figures on meat consumption have not been released, but one survey found a 70 percent decrease in purchases of beef in Germany for the last five weeks of the year, and a 25 percent drop in sales of all meat for December compared to the year before. Not surprisingly, vegetarian restaurants are booming. Not only are they flooded with new visitors, they are being asked to provide tips on how to cook vegetarian meals to tempt any palate. Many people do not know how to prepare good vegetarian meals, so they will ask me.
More people ask for information about vegetarian cooking, how to prepare things.
They don't know. Maybe they know tofu. Maybe they know mushrooms. Hering creates a new dish each month. Right now, she's working on a small hamburger-like patty made from coriander, white beans and lentils, cooked in oil, along with a sauce of yogurt and saffron or a mango relish.