An Autumnal Fennel and Tomato Gratin Recipe

I am slowly, but surely, warming to fennel. Until now I haven't been a huge fan of aniseedy flavours (and I still passionately dislike liquorice …

Swedish Lingonberry Cake Recipe

recipe for Canadian Apple Pie ? Well, it's been one of my most popular recipes - and for a good reason, as it's incredibly tasty. BUT. None of…

Jamming in 2008: French Apricot Jam and Estonian Cherry Preserve

I've already put aside a fridge full of various jams and marmelades this summer (luckily, we've got an extra fridge in the garage for that pu…

Roasted Beets with Caraway Seeds

The Beet Princess (aka me) just noticed that it's been a while since her last beetroot post (over a month!?). So it's about time for another …

Kladdkaka or a Swedish lingonberry and chocolate brownie

Photo updated in October 2013. The photo above is by Juta Kübarsepp for Nami-Nami/Kodu ja Aed .  I went on a Stockholm day cruise last week with my fr…

Recipe for Crispy Lingonberry and Oat Cookies

lingonberry and chocolate cake , and Swedish lingonberry cake ? You get the picture - we've got loads of these berries). And these cookies were love…

Rugelach, rugelach, rugelach

Few weeks ago a friend of mine from Toronto, Melissa, came to visit me. Melissa and I both did our postgraduate degrees in Edinburgh in year 2000, af…

Silky pumpkin soup with nutmeg

Photo by Juta Kübarsepp, for the October issue of Kodu & Aed, 2012 As somebody aptly commented on flowering-quinces ). And this soup. There are tw…

Baked apples with crispy rye bread and lingonberries

oven-baked toffee apples a lot, and that hardly qualifies as a difficult dish. So here's another one for you. The only difficult part can be sour…

Quail Eggs with Dukkah

Rosa combines almonds and hazelnuts, and my dear friend Ximena cheats a little :) The recipe below is very lightly adapted from the British food magaz…