Gift ideas for Christmas – Books and calendars

The vegetarian recipes in this cookbook use few ingredients and are easy to prepare. Depending on the ingredient and recipe, the combination of the three basics of earth, salt and embers creates delicious dishes that always change with the rhythm of the seasons. You can get a wonderful first impression of the book in the short video. Only available in German.

Their extraordinary song made the canaries from the Harz mountains world-famous in the middle of the 19th century. The coveted “Harz rollers” were sent by the thousands to the farthest countries. “189” tells the story of a canary whose journey takes him all the way to the New World: to New York. A children’s book for ages 5 and up. Only available in German.

Mediterranean Modernism presents the new Mediterranean living culture, combining sunny folklore with classic modernism. The book looks into homes and summer houses around the world and gathers inspiring living and decorating ideas.

The multi-award-winning Square Mile Coffee Roasters is synonymous with London coffee culture and offer carefully curated and selected coffees. Coffee lovers will be familiar with the FAEMA espresso machine. You can learn about the story behind this special machine on James Hoffmann’s YouTube channel.

Max Richard Leßmann has been posting a poem a day on Instagram (@maxrichardlessmann) for years and is frenetically celebrated by more than 90,000 followers. With his poetry, the musician and podcaster has created a safe space in a world in which hardly anyone feels safe anymore. Only available in German.

The German garden designer, photographer and columnist Rainer Elstermann published his new book Gardens of Now (Gärten der Gegenwart) with Distanz Verlag in July. On the basis of realised and planned projects, he shows beguiling contemporary gardens, accompanied by cultural-scientific-philosophical essays as well as photographic works on botany and plant culture of the 21st century created by him.

Handmade wall calendars from Bielefeld by Johannes Nathow. Uncoated natural paper meets untreated wood and natural cord. The annual overview for 2023 is produced using the manual screen printing process, making each calendar unique.