About Oma Gerhild

By: Gerhild Fulson / Using her extensive experience and cultural knowledge, Oma Gerhild provides trusted, authentic, and easy-to-follow German recipes both here and in her many cookbooks.

Hallo! I’m Gerhild Fulson, though most people know me simply as Oma Gerhild.

Travel makes the heart grow fonder

I started Quick German Recipes over fifteen years ago with a simple goal in mind: to make traditional German food easy again. Not complicated, not intimidating. Just the kind of cooking that feels like home. For those of us living outside Germany, it became a way to bring those familiar flavors back to the table using ingredients we could actually find locally.

Introducing Eran to Germany, with cake

What I didn’t expect was how much it would reconnect people to their heritage. My readers began sharing how these recipes reminded them of their parents, grandparents, and family gatherings. Through food, they found a way to keep those traditions alive. And in many homes, pass them on.

Passing down more than recipes

Still, for many of us, that longing for the “old country” never really fades. I left Germany as a young child, but it’s always been a part of me. Over the years, my husband and I have returned often. Exploring by car, bus, and train, and spending longer stretches there while doing ministry work. Each visit deepened my connection to the place I first called home.

Somewhere between German history and the next good bakery stop

Now, it’s time for the next chapter. Together with my son, Eran, and granddaughter, Lydia, I’m expanding the Just Like Oma story beyond the kitchen. Through Tour My Germany, I’d love to take you along and see the country, meet the people, experience the culture, and rediscover the history that shaped it all.

Because food tells one story of Germany.
Seeing it tells the rest.

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