Christmas Recipes 2011: Curried Parsnip Soup

Photo by Andres Teiss I am not claiming that this curried parsnip soup is a traditional Christmas soup in Estonia or anywhere else in the world. Howe…

Christmas Recipes: Beetroot and Orange Salad with Ginger Dressing

Photo by Andres Teiss A lovely wintry salad, that can be served as a starter (ideal for a buffét table, being such an eye-catcher!) or as a side dish…

Gingerbread muffins

Gingerbread muffins, anno 2011 This recipe was originally posted in December 2008. It's been fully updated, and new photos are included. Everyone…

Black Pudding Profiteroles

August 2011 This recipe was originally posted in December 2009. It's been fully updated, and new photos are included. Remember the Chorizo Choux …

Estonian recipes: thick fruit soup (dried fruit kissel)

One non-Christmas recipe for a change :) Paks puuviljakissell or thick (dried) fruit soup/kissel is an old raisin fruit soup ). The kissel on the pho…

Christmas recipes: Swedish meatballs

Serving meatballs at a Christmas table is NOT an Estonian tradition, but it's something I've borrowed from our Swedish neighbours across the…

If you like Cosmo (and Sex and the City), then you'll love this drink: Cosmopolitan glögg

Sex and the City (2008) Miranda Hobbes: [at a bar, drinking Cosmopolitans]  "Why did we ever stop drinking these?" Carrie Bradshaw: "Beca…

Homemade candy recipes: fruit and nut truffles

There's a candy I remember from my childhood. Our main chocolate factory, Kalev, was (and probably still is) well-known for its chocolate select…

Swedish Saffron Buns (Lussekatter)

Saffron buns like this are eaten all over Sweden on St Lucia's day on December 13th . Lucia's buns are rather decadent buns, with lots of sug…

Celebrating New Year's Eve in Tallinn?!

This post is mainly for those food-oriented people in Tallinn who haven't yet decided where to celebrate New Year's Eve this year. Here are s…

Merry Christmas!

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Cardamom panna cotta with apricot and sea-buckthorn sauce

Panna cotta is a dessert that I actually make quite often, even if I've only blogged about it once ( Vanilla panna cotta with roasted rhubarb , ba…

New Year's Eve 2011 @ Nami-Nami

Happy New Year to all my readers! I thought to start with an overview of our New Year's Eve feast. We stayed at home and entertained friends - we…

Pork tenderloin with leeks, raisins and warming spices

This was our family's last proper home-cooked lunch back in 2011. I didn't expect to like it, but I did, just like the rest of my family. Yo…

Sesame Honey Chicken

I've been cooking - and eating - a lot of Chinese food recently, say, since early November. Why, you're wondering? You see, I had to choose …

Raspberry and vanilla friands with cacao nibs

Here's another delicious friand recipe, following the lingonberry and coconut friands and blueberry and lemon friands I wrote about last year. I&…

Tapas, Estonian style

Starting from the left: hot-smoked Baltic herring ( Clupea harengus membras ) fillets, pan-fried Baltic herring with sesame seed crust , marinated spra…

Yummy Blueberry Cheesecake recipe

Need a rich and gorgeous-looking cake to serve with coffee or finish your next dinner party? I wholeheartedly recommend this chocolate-blueberry-sou…

Italian-style chicken with capers, anchovy and tomatoes

After lousy November and December (read: dark, wet, cold, windy) we are now in the middle of beautiful January (read: bright, snow, cold). Proper wi…