Ask for dumplings anywhere in the world and you'll likely get your wish. It just might not be what you imagined. Dumplings are defined only as mounds of dough, usually cooked in a liquid. Some are ...

There were always a lot of German and Austrian dishes on my family's dinner table growing up. And, aside from my mom's chicken and dumplings, for most of my life spaetzle has been... There were always ...

As a fledgling restaurant cook, I learned how to make spaetzle, the delicious little German dumplings, from an accomplished Austrian chef. He could practically make a batch of spaetzle with his eyes ...

I was 24 when I lost my job as a financial journalist to the Great Recession and sunk my meager savings into a year-long culinary school program in the hopes of becoming a food writer. Around that ...

1. In a large bowl, stir the flour, eggs, milk and salt until smooth (dough will be sticky). In a large saucepan, bring water to a boil. Pour dough into a colander or spaetzle maker coated with ...

The first spaetzle noodles I ever tasted were the ones I made myself. I had gotten my hands on a vintage German cookbook and couldn’t put it down, riveted by the descriptions of oily sausages, slowly ...