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Mela Eckenfels

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Mela Eckenfels, is a nerdy, dorky geek girl, former unix system administrator (BSD-flavoured) and passionate roleplayer, that still flips in her daily cooking agenda between 'larval stage' and the culinary geek.

Growing up a vegetarian in a meat-adoring family forced her – while attending 'gymnasium' - to take her first steps in cooking. Later in life, while living in a Berlin (squat) commune, she developed her skills for big stews. (Till her fellow housemates appealed fiercely against the daily stew.)

During her days as a freelance system administrator her cooking skills declined to dry soup mixes, sandwich toasts and Chinese fast food, until her friendship with Petra, and then a bigger kitchen at home, helped to awaken the long-buried cook ...more

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	Das Kochbuch für Geeks by Mela Eckenfels (Goodreads Author), Petra Hildebrandt (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.10 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vielfalt by Sebastian Pertsch (Editor), Mela Eckenfels (Goodreads Author) 4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	N#MMER Magazin (2/2015) Schule und Arbeit by Denise Linke (Editor), Mela Eckenfels (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Das LARP-Kochbuch: Ambiente-Küche auf Live-Rollenspielen by Petra Hildebrandt (Goodreads Author), Mela Eckenfels (Goodreads Author), Jutta Bossert (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	N#MMER Magazin (1/2014): Schwerpunkt: Liebe (German Edition) by Mela Eckenfels (Goodreads Author), Denise Linke 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction

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Das Radio-Feature: Ein Werkstattbuch. Inklusive CD mit Hörbeispielen. (Praktischer Journalismus #34)

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How Not to Write a Novel: 200 Classic Mistakes and How to Avoid Them—A Misstep-by-Misstep Guide

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