Estonian zucchini and cheese soup

Being one of the very few English-language blogs that focus on Estonian food (among other things), I tend to get quite a few emails with Estonian re…

Warm Gingered Carrot Salad with Feta Cheese

Oil-marinated carrots with rosemary and orange Alanna's carrots with African spices, my way Kalyn's Roasted Carrots and Mushrooms with Thyme an…

North meets South: Lingonberry and Coconut Friands

Friands again. I wrote about these dainty Australian cakes just a short time ago when posting a recipe for blueberry and lemon friands . This is the …

Meatless Monday: Chickpea and Tomato Soup with Pimentón

I needed to look up some Portuguese recipes for a friend last weekend and obviously I turned to the very helpful Leite's Culinaria website. I di…

Simple delights: an avocado on rye bread

If you've been blogging about food for long enough (say for 5 years minimum), you may remember the I LOVE CHEESE SANDWICH  campaign back in Febru…

Spiced Rhubarb Cake Recipe

I've baked probably about dozen rhubarb cakes and tarts over the last few weeks, and I still haven't had enough. Rhubarb is the first local …

Taleggio cheese and onion tart

Are you familiar with the Italian Taleggio cheese ? Originally made in and named for Val Taleggio near the Swiss-Italian border, this soft cow's …

Meatless Monday: Pasta with Blue Cheese and Mushrooms

I know the picture isn't the most appetising (it was taken few weeks ago late at night), and I will change it as soon as I make this dish again.…

Georgian Recipes: Chicken in Walnut Sauce or Chicken Satsivi

Melissa of The Traveler's Lunchbox posted a recipe for Georgian spinach pkhali last week and I got an immense craving for Georgian dishes again.…

Ispahan, almost

K. was in Brussels for two days and brought me this Macaron Joy from Wittamer pastry shop. The rose cream, raspberries and lychee are all there, but …

Roasted quinces with lemon and vanilla

I'm trying to become a better food photographer. A wise Estonian foodblogger once told me that in order to improve my photos I should take time …

Whole-baked fish with garlic butter, lemon salt, and dill mayonnaise

If you're looking for a simple, yet impressive fish dish for the weekend, then this adaptation of Donna Hay's recipe could be just a thing. …

Cod liver paté on toast

I've briefly mentioned cod liver on Nami-Nami previously - here and here , but it deserves a new post :) There are almost no blog posts on the to…

Home-Made Rhubarb Ice Cream Recipe

It's been raining non-stop for the last two days (or is it three now?), and the temperatures have dropped below 10 Celsius. That's quite sad,…

Spring has sprung!

“Spring has sprung!” said the bumble bee. “How do you know?” said the old oak tree. “I just saw a daffodil blooming on a windy hill!” – Anonymous Sumbe…

Meatless Monday: Oven-roasted pepper and gnocchi with feta cheese

I find gnocchi so much more interesting than pasta recently - there's more bite to them and I love their pillowy shape. In any case, I find myse…

Braised pork chops with sautéed tomatoes

We've got a nice and pretty well-known butcher's shop near our house, and I do try to buy most of my meat from there. There other day I retu…

Macarons by Marcolini

Another box of sweets that K. brought back from Brussels on Wednesday. These were mini macaroons by Pierre Marcolini , a fine Belgian chocolatier that…

Swedish coffee cake aka kärleksmums

I was translating some Swedish recipes the other day, when I came across the word ' långpanna ' . I knew it was an oven sheet, but wasn't s…

Baked Lemon Cheesecake

Have you decided upon your weekend cake yet? If not, then may I recommend this lovely and creamy and very lemony baked cheesecake? One of the local d…

Easter paskha for chocolate lovers

Chocolate paskha, 2011, decorated with dried apricots It's Easter Sunday this weekend and many a festive table will have a paskha (also spelled a…

Easter lamb for one. Or two. A recipe for grilled marinated lamb

Lamb's a popular choice for Easter, especially a slow-roast leg of lamb . However, unless you're cooking a big Easter feast, buying and cooki…

Creamy Vanilla and Rice Pudding with Rhubarb Compote

Danish Rice and Almond Pudding with Warm Cherry Compote Pierre Hermé's Chocolate Rice Pudding Similar recipes from my favourite food blogs: Monthly …

Nami-Nami Easter Brunch 2011

(The post is actually written in January 2013, I just wanted to archive the menu for the traditional event) This year the Easter Brunch coincided wit…

Birthday cake 2011

I went for a fancy cake this year. A week or so ago I spotted this Limoncello, coconut and white chocolate mousse cake * at the Swedish Allt om Mat w…

Beetroot and feta tart recipe

Cooksister's Jeanne is hosting this month's Monthly Mingle , and she chose topless tarts as the theme. She's one cheeky foodblogger, you …

Nami-Nami turns four and celebrates the anniversary with Kama Muffins Recipe

Nami-Nami food blog turned four this week. That's been four great years of reading about and eating and enjoying and writing about delicious foo…

Quail eggs, dyed with beetroot

Another item I served at this year's Same idea , but this time I used quail eggs and "pickled" them simply in grated boiled beetroot. T…