This dish is gorgeous. It’s flavorful, rich and tender. Also, it’s healthy yet simple and quick to make. Here’s a heads-up! Simple means you only actively need to do two...
Kohlrabi is my favorite cruciferous vegetable. It’s healthy, it tastes good and it’s fresh. That’s great! One of the winter salad options is a combination of black or other radishes...
Austria has a traditional dish served in November with roast goose, a red cabbage stewed with orange juice, red wine and spices. Based on the idea of this holiday dish,...
Green borscht is about spring and sorrel. This disch has its “nutrition” story. In the past sauerkraut the primary source of vitamin C in winter for our grand-grand parents. But...
This dish has a certain romantic appeal to me. First, it takes me back to my childhood. My best friend’s mom would often make it and leave it on the...
What are our best helpers in the kitchen? The microbes, of course! Easy, I mean fermentation or souring. 🙂 There is much talk about now, and rightly so! As a...
Just don’t laugh 🙂 It would seem, well, what a recipe, simple as that. But, as in any simple recipe, the details are crucial! Besides, I really want to write...
Perhaps some of my readers are surprised that I am posting well-known recipes of Soviet cuisine. To explain, on the one hand, I want to acquaint my international audience with...
Everyone knows about collagen, so let’s bring back dishes containing it into our diet to keep our skin smooth, our joints flexible, and our bones strong. That was a lovely...
Kutya or Kutia is a ritual Slavic dish made of boiled wheat or barley with honey and poppy seeds. People in Ukraine make Kutya for certain holidays. For Christmas Eve...
