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Gâteau de Guerre, the Cake that Went to War
A spice cake made without eggs, milk, or butter … a tasty treat even when wartime rationing makes ingredients in short supply.
16 hrs ago
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Eighty-two years ago today, Paris was free
The European Century · Newsletter · Issue No. 5
Aug 25
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Paris, 1940–1949: The Longest Decade
Decade Portraits · The European Century
Aug 20
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Behind the research — and what I am reading while I write
The European Century · Newsletter · Issue No.
Aug 17
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Jazz Under the Swastika
Music in Occupied Paris
Aug 15
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Second month of The European Century
Not the same, but (hopefully) better than the first!
Aug 8
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Streuselkuchen
The crumble-topped sheet cake that filled the Romanisches Café with the smell of butter and sugar and the particular contentment of a city determined…
Aug 4
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July 2026
Bouletten mit Kartoffelsalat — Berlin, 1926
The fried meat patty that fed a city through its most improbable years.
Jul 27
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The European Century is open — and Berlin in the 1920s is waiting for you
The European Century · Newsletter · Issue No.
Jul 21
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Sound of the Streets: Music in 1920s Berlin
July 2026
Jul 21
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Decade Portrait: Berlin in the 1920s
The City that Lived at the Edge
Jul 5
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June 2026
Who am I?
I have spent a long time living with 20th century European history — reading it, arguing about it, and thinking about what it actually felt like to be…
Jun 19
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