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Judas Buns for Easter
View recipe: Judas Buns for EasterIn Czech Republic, Judas Buns are served for Easter and, following the most popular legend, symbolize the rope on which Judas hang himself after he betrayed Christ (the traitor had some remnants of conscience in him after all). I have been thinking about baking these buns for…
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Empty Apartment Sauce
View recipe: Empty Apartment SauceSorry, guys, all photos were taken from my phone. I photoshopped them to look about as dazed as me 🙂 Tonight I cooked dinner for the first time in my blissfully empty Swiss kitchen. As the name of this…
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Carrot Relish
View recipe: Carrot RelishThere are people who don’t like cooked carrots, my beloved husband included. But even he absolutely loves this carrot relish. He loves it so much that he always offers his muscle power to grate carrots which I hate to…
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Buttermilk Blini
View recipe: Buttermilk BliniLoved by many as a common weekend breakfast, blini are also a ritual food in Russia. They symbolize sun and are the main food during Pancake Week (Maslenitsa), a celebration of upcoming spring. They are also served during mercy meals and…
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Sour Spinach Soup
View recipe: Sour Spinach SoupThis spinach soup is a nostalgic effort to reproduce one of my favorite soups from the past times. When we bought a house in the US, I was full of dreams and plans about my own organic garden. I…
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Farmers Cheese Muffins
View recipe: Farmers Cheese MuffinsThese muffins are actually a healthier variation of Farmers Cheese Pancakes. The main ingredients are the same, but the way of cooking is quite different. It’s baking instead of frying – a preferable way to cook in the age…
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Boiled Corned Beef & Veggies
View recipe: Boiled Corned Beef & VeggiesNot that I have Irish ancestors to celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day, but I really like this corned beef & veggies soup. It is simple and rustic, but very aromatic and filling. It does take a lot of time to boil…
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Carrot Omelet on Toasted Rye Roll
View recipe: Carrot Omelet on Toasted Rye RollOn a lazy Sunday morning the time goes by slow. You don’t have to frantically rush about to get ready for a new workday and then shoot out and along the street as a madman. No. You leisurely move…
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No-Egg Yeast Dough Pies
View recipe: No-Egg Yeast Dough PiesNo-egg yeast dough is a real savior during Great Lent that started about a week ago and will last until Orthodox Easter. During this time one cannot eat anything of animal origin – no milk, no eggs, no meat,…
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Yeast Blini
View recipe: Yeast BliniYeast blini have been traditionally prepared in Russia at Pancake Week (Maslenitsa). Before Christianity onset it was a week of pagan celebrations when people parted with harsh Winter and welcomed long-awaited Spring. Nowadays it is a week of festivities at the end…
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