Traditional Christmas roast (oven-baked pork shoulder with honey, mustard and rosemary)

From the recipe archives (originally posted in December 2012. Still my favourite Christmas roast). Photo by Juta K�barsepp for the Decembe...

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Dyeing Easter Eggs with Onion Skins, Estonian style

This was originally posted in 2011. You'll find all my Easter recipes here .  We don't really 'do' chocolate eggs for Easter...

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It's not Pancake Day, it's Shrove Tuesday cream bun day soon ;)

Photo by Juta K�barsepp for the March 2014 issue of Kodu ja Aed magazine.  It's time for semlor or lenten cream buns again soon - Febr...

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Layered Vegetable Salad with Smoked Salmon

(From the Nami-Nami recipe archives .) " Kasukas " - "fur coat" - is a name for a layered vegetable salad that is very p...

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Estonian lamb soup with cabbage

Time for soup ! Earlier this year I came across a recipe for Islandic lamb and cabbage soup in the blogosphere. Lovely soup and justifiably ...

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Gravlax with sea-buckthorn berries

Sea-buckthorn is a popular autumn berry here in Estonia. I'm afraid it's not so widely known in the US where most of my blog readers...

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Whipped semolina pudding with apples and black aronia berries

Recipe by Pille @ Nami-Nami .  Above photo by Juta K�barsepp for the October 2012 issue of Kodu ja Aed ("Home and Garden", an E...

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Quark and pumpkin pudding cake

Recipe by Pille @ Nami-Nami .  Above photo by Juta K�barsepp for the October 2013 issue of Kodu ja Aed ("Home and Garden", an Es...

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Creamy chantarelle sauce recipe (aka creamy girolle sauce)

My regular readers all know about my love for wild mushrooms . We had a long and hot and dry summer here in Estonia - not the time for forag...

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Simple, yet decadent fish supper: pan-fried vendace

This was originally posted in August 2012. I reposted this in late June, when the catching season for Lake Peipus vendace began and fresh an...

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Summer food: Estonian milk and vegetable soup

It's mid-July, which here in Estonia means the peak of summer. We're having a beautiful summer here, with lots of sun and not much r...

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Festival food: Estonian Song and Dance Celebration 2014

This is a very special weekend for Estonia - our 26th Song Celebration and 19th Dance Celebration takes place. You'll get all the neces...

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Equal rhubarb cake

I've got a new favourite to-go rhubarb cake recipe . Just because it's one that can be memorized in seconds. Actually you just need ...

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An easy breakfast: ahjusoojad kohupiimasaiad aka Curd Cheese Toasts

I'm reposting this post from February 2007, as it was listed as one of the 50 of the world's best breakfast dishes over at the hote...

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Sibulaklops aka Estonian Onion Steak aka Pan-Seared Steak and Onions

Photo by Juta K�barsepp for the February issue of Kodu ja Aed magazine.  Time for another Estonian classic! There are two lovely-sounding d...

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Estonian meatballs aka hakk-kotletid aka kotletid aka hakklihakotletid

Here's a posting I didn't think I'd be doing - after all, kodused kotletid are such a humble comfort food and they're not e...

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Sauerkraut with pork and barley (Mulgi kapsad)

Mulgi kapsad aka mulgikapsad is a traditional dish from Southern Estonia, consisting of pork, sauerkraut and barley (either pearl barley o...

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