Feature: Vegan

Veganism is both the practice of abstaining from the use of animal products, particularly in diet, and an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of animals. A follower of veganism is known as a vegan.

Limoncello

Desserts

You know I buy certain products directly from farmers so it’s always (naturally) a larger volume than I get in the supermarket. Here I recently received a crate of the...

Zuckerschoten or Snow Peas with Garlic Chips

Vegetables

Signature Cuisine

Snow peas (en.: Snow Pea, Chinese pea, de.: Zuckerschote, lat.: Pisum sativum var. macrocarpum) are flat green pea pods that can be eaten raw and the whole piece. Snow peas...

Moroccan Beet Salad

Cooking Time: 15 min

Vegetables

Signature Cuisine

Moroccan cuisine is rich not only in great meat dishes but also in its salads with fresh and bright flavors. Take, for example, the Moroccan salad of boiled beets. Bright,...

Fermented Celery Root

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...

Beet and Prune Salad

Cooking Time: 15 min

Vegetables

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...

Eggplant with Tahini and Mint Served Iranian Way

Cooking Time: 15 min

Vegetables

Signature Cuisine

Vienna has a restaurant &flora with a lovely modern interior and a fireplace, fragrant natural wines and great food made from regional products with an oriental touch. The chef here...

Rich Kutya with Chocolate Based on Whole Oats (gluten-free)

Cooking Time: 1 h

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...

White Radish Salad with Coconut Yogurt

Cooking Time: 15 min

Vegetables

My aunt always made this kind of salad in the winter. I remember very well its soft and at the same time, crispy consistency and fresh, slightly tangy taste balanced...

Tahini Sauce

Cooking Time: 5 min

Vegetables

Tahini, as we know, is a sesame paste widely used in Arabic, Israeli and other Eastern cuisines. The most basic use of tahini is a white sauce that resembles mayonnaise...

Kharcho soup is probably one of the most famous Georgian dishes outside of Georgia. Its simplified version was served alongside a similarly simplified version of borscht in the Soviet-era canteens....