Feature: Gluten-Free

A gluten-free diet is a diet that excludes gluten, a protein composite found in wheat and related grains, including barley and rye. Gluten causes health problems in sufferers of celiac disease and some cases of wheat allergy.

Mandarin punch with sea buckthorn and gin

Cooking Time: 15 min

Desserts

Punch, a hot wine-based drink laced with liqueurs, spirits, juices, fruits, berries and spices is very popular in Vienna in winter. It all starts a month before Christmas when punch...

Classic Vinaigrette salad

Cooking Time: 30 min

Vegetables

Vinaigrette, this dish has been familiar to many since childhood. However, for some of my subscribers, Slavic cuisine is new so the recipe is dedicated to them. As for those...

Semmelbollar aka Swedish balls with almond mousse and cardamom

Desserts

It’s an interesting version of Swedish balls, white with cardamom flavor and almond nut butter. Semmelbollar means “balls or buns.” Semmel is a white, soft, unsweetened bun. So the balls...

Chicken with Prosciutto and peppers in the oven

Meat, Poultry & Eggs

It’s a very simple dish to make. You mix everything, marinade it and then put it in the oven and it’s done! But! It’s very important to follow all the...

Marmorgugelhupf aka Zebra Tahini Babka (gluten-free, dairy-free)

Cooking Time: 50 min

Desserts

Austrian

In Austria, there is a wildly popular cake called Guglhupf. You can find it in coffee shops, bakeries and snack bars serving it for dessert. In our parlance, it’s a...

Danish Baked Chicken with Black Pepper

Meat, Poultry & Eggs

There should be many recipes for baked chicken in your arsenal because it is the easiest, healthiest and tastiest way to cook it. Whatever the recipe, we don’t have to...

Almond Shortbread Cookies with Chocolate (gluten-free, dairy-free)

Desserts

Crispy almond cookies garnished with dark chocolate and nuts are very spectacular and delicious cookies. The dough resembles shortbread and melts in your mouth. The recipe does not have a...

Sprouted sunflower seed mayonnaise

Vegetables

Signature Cuisine

If you are a fan of mayonnaise but want to eat healthily, this is another option for making a sauce that you would be interested in. You probably know that...

Green Potato Salad

Cooking Time: 30 min

Vegetables

Signature Cuisine

No matter how many times we call potato salad a “salad,” it is still a side dish 🙂 There are different variations of it, Viennese with onions and broth, German...

Black Salsify(Scorzonera) Cream Soup with Shrimp/Schwarzwurzelsuppe

Fish & Seafood

I was introduced to Scorzonera (in Austria, they call it Schwarzwurzel, i.e. Black salsify aka Spanish salsify, black vegetable-oyster plant, or serpent root) already in Austria, at a cooking class...