Mein Schwaben

Reading Vincent Klink

The prominent Swabian chef Vincent Klink is always drawn to the surrounding countryside, to the inns of his region. Klink takes a self-ironic look at his fellow Swabians: What makes the Swabians tick, who the rest of Germany thinks they know as order-loving house builders or rebellious angry citizens? Why are they so stubborn, so ascetic, so fond of wine, so funny, so stingy, so generous, so sensible, so unreasonable? Klink guides us through the eventful history of Swabia, on the trail of the spirit of contradiction that he observes in his homeland, from Friedrich Schiller to Robert Bosch, from the Peasants' Wars to Stuttgart 21. And of course, a walk through the regional cuisine, from which classics such as Spätzle or Maultaschen emerged, but also delicacies whose names do not always reveal what is behind them: "Katzengeschrei", "Luckelekäs", "Ringlesspatzen", or "Gsälz". Vincent Klink, born in 1949, runs the Wielandshöhe restaurant in Stuttgart. In his spare time, he makes music, devotes himself to woodcuts, paints and tends his bees and is the author of numerous bestsellers; his most recent book was "Ein Bauch spaziert durch Venedig" (2022).

In collaboration with Schauspiel Stuttgart