The Berlin Cookbook reveals how to make Schnitzel Currywurst Eisbein Döner Kebap and those jelly donuts known as Berliners-and how easy it is since Berlin cuisine is simple wholesome and down-to-earth. This cookbook offers traditional recipes and also tells stories about the heritage of Berlin food: how Eisbein got its name why Friedrich II made Prussian farmers plant potatoes how meatballs were imported by Huguenots and how Bismarck got his herring.