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Rustic Apricot Tart

We ate quite a few of those delicious Bergeron apricots while in France, and back home, I was craving for more. So I made this ridiculously easy rust…

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…

Toast Skagen Recipe

Photo updated in October 2010 Toast Skagen is a very festive and popular Swedish starter. It's not cheap - both good shrimps (preferably from the …

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…

Crab Apple Cake (or Apple Cake from Paradise)

Crab apples ( Malus paradisiaca ) are quite popular in Estonian gardens, as they're rather decorative throughout the year - gorgeously pink blossom…

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…

Béarnaise sauce, grilled steak and home-made chunky potato chips

Playing around with food is all fine, but sometimes I want a good old classic dish. Take the Béarnaise sauce . I first encountered back in Denmark in…

Molten Chocolate Cake, the way I like it

You've seen this recipe on Nami-Nami already, back in 2007 , but I'll repost it with slightly better step-by-step photos of eating process, n…

Figs with Jamon Serrano & Goat's Cheese

It's not easy to get good-quality figs in Estonia. But when you see them, you crab them straight away and make something delicious. Like this sim…

Tattie scones recipe to mark The Bard's 253rd birth anniversary

Scots across the world (both true and honorary, like me) are celebrating Rabbie Burns ' aka The Bards 253rd birth anniversary today. I've alr…

Estonian recipes: Alexander cake (Aleksandrikook)

Alexander cake, March 2011, dyed with sea-buckthorn juice concentrate I'm dedicating February to various Estonian recipes , so if you've trave…

Estonian recipes: Cocoa Cake with Sour Cream (Kräsupea)

This popped into my mailbox yesterday: Manu has left a new comment on your post " Tapas, Estonian style ": Hi, My name is Manu and I`m looking…

Pesche alla Piemontese or Baked Peaches with Amaretti biscuits

I'm baking lots of apple cakes and plum pies these days, trying to alternate the baking days with simple fruit dishes :) Two days ago I served lu…

Estonian recipes: Condensed Milk Cookies (kondenspiimaküpsised)

I'm continuing with sharing Estonian recipes with you this month, in anticipation of the national holiday later this month. Here's a small ba…

Cover Girl

Not sure how that happened and why, but in January I was approached by the Pere ja Kodu ("Family and Home"), the biggest family magazine p…

Estonian recipes: Barley with Smoked Pork (vastlapuder)

February 2012 It's Shrove Tuesday today, and I'm sharing a traditional Estonian Shrove Tuesday recipe with you. You'll need exactly three…