Dips make perfect appetizers for parties, informal lunches, and dinners. They can be served with various fresh veggies, chips, croutons, almost any cut-up food. As the name implies, dips are...
Last September I visited my friend, who lives in Nurnberg. At that weekend, her hairstylist friend threw a party in his newly-opened studio, and we happened to be there. The...
Austria’s famous for its smoked foods (sausages, rolls, chicken legs, and ham) and there are thousands of delicious variations of each. Hunting isn’t prohibited here and is regulated by strict...
The term “curry” refers to sauce-based Indian and Thai dishes. It contains various ingredients – vegetables, poultry, meat or seafood. Different spices are also used to make curry dishes particularly...
This beef salad is the perfect idea for a summer lunch, when it’s too hot to eat hot food but you need something to eat anyway. This salad has everything...
This cream of celery soup is a restaurant-level dish, although you can’t even taste such a delicious one in every restaurant! It’s smooth, creamy and fragrant. It’s just gorgeous! The...
Fruit vinegar is a very interesting topic! A lot has been written about benefits of home-made vinegar. Apple cider vinegar and its properties have been described in books. Here is...
Do you know that rhubarb and buckwheat belong to the same family of plants – Polygonaceae? What a surprise, right? Today we are making rhubarb-basil lemonade – the best drink...
A roast duck or goose is a traditional Christmas dish in Astria. Stuffings vary; the most popular are apples, onions, sauerkraut and rusks. This year the roast duck with oranges...
Orange punch is a dilly of traditional Christmas drinks. At Viennese Weihnachtsmärkte (Christmas markets) orange punch is offered in wonderful mugs alongside with hot wine. Orange flavor and bright color...
