If a plate full of steaming pork knuckle sounds delicious to you, then let Cettina show you how to make it in proper Southern German style! Guten Appetit beim Deutschlernen!

Federico shows us how easy it is to prepare a potato and ground meat casserole... even using vegan meat! Why not try it yourself?

How can you tell if fresh fruits and vegetables are good or not? Chef Tolga von Klein from the Kochhaus restaurant in Berlin has some excellent tips. Guten Appetit!
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Professional cook Tolga von Klein from the Kochhaus Berlin shows us how to turn a simple salad into a... mouth experience! He also gives us some invaluable tips on how to find the best fresh asaparagus and how to know just where to cut the stems. Warning: just watching this will make you hungry! Guten Appetit!

If you involve children more in cooking, not only do they learn about food, but they are more willing to try new things, too. There are, however, certain foods that might best be avoided! Guten Appetit! (video copyright dpa)

Hamburg-based chef Hannes Schröder shows us how easy it is to prepare buttery, fragrant, perfectly cooked entrecôte at home.

Federico shows us his recipe for vegetable gratin. The advantage of this recipe is that you can change the ingredients to suit your own preferences.

Do you know about mini doughnuts? They are much smaller than regular doughnuts, but just as delicious. Alina shows us her recipe for doughnuts with chocolate and lemon icing.

German solo artist Kai-Uwe Kolkhorst reveals his reasons for happily doing a one-man show on stage. He also talks a little bit about his musical past.

Diane and Franca introduce the most important forms of the verb "to be": present tense, present perfect, simple past, the conditional and future tense.

In this video the verb "say" is conjugated in five different tenses.

In this video the verb "to have" is introduced in different tenses using the full array of personal pronouns.

Diane and Franca take us through the basics of the verb machen, which in this video has been translated as "to do." Depending on the context, machen could also mean "to make." Try it out both ways and viel Spaß beim Lernen!

The verb "become" is presented in different tenses.

In this video Diane and Franca show us how the verb "can" ("to be able to") is used with different personal pronouns. By following their dialogue, you also will be able to understand how to use this important German verb in a whole range of tenses.