New cookbook brings Louisville’s beloved German restaurant to your kitchen
“Gasthaus: Cookbook and Memories,” by Nina Greipel, is chock full of beautiful photos, comprehensive recipes and snapshots of the Greipel family and their memories of the popular Louisville restaurant off Brownsboro Road, in Louisville, Ky. that has closed in 2022.
Book signing: 2 p.m. Oct. 5 at the German American Club, 1840 Lincoln Avenue, Louisville, Ky 40213
The Greipel family, led by parents Annemarie and Michael, immigrated from Bochum, Germany, along with their children, and opened the Gasthaus in 1993. Their German entrees, appetizers and desserts soon took Louisville by storm, and The Gasthaus became the regional go-to destination for high-quality German food. The restaurant thrived for 29 years until the Greipels retired in 2022.
Daughter Nina Greipel, a professional freelance photojournalist and “self-taught kitchen enthusiast,” working with her parents, created the cookbook by following her parents’ recipes and translating them to easy-to-follow, single-meal measures and directions. Nina also included photos and stories to add a little fun to the book. She gives a little history, origin story or cooking tips at the top of each recipe.
The recipe amounts are listed in metric weight and imperial measures (cups, teaspoons, etc.), to accommodate any cook or kitchen. The recipes are Gasthaus originals, as well as those handed down through the Greipel family. It even includes the coveted Strawberry Napoleons dessert, invented by Annemarie Greipel.