Inspired by incredible taste and prehistoric roots of pine nuts While working hard on designing a new stone tool a couple of million years ago, a prehistoric human would’ve stopped for a short break to fill his prehistoric stomach with a handful of pine nuts. Probably in the process of extracting the nuts from the…
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Rye Bread Bowls with Pureed Beet Soup “Borscht”
Inspired by the search of compromise My husband likes pureed vegetable soups and has no any respect for soups with ingredients floating in broth. I like those soups that he disrespects. And among those I love borscht, an Ukrainian/Russian red beet soup. In an effort to reach a compromise on a soup disagreement a solution,…
Strudel with Lamb, Apple and Prunes
Inspired by the recipes book of Dolomites region Until recently I’ve associated strudel with a sweet dessert: thin layers of warm rolled dough, apples and raisin or cherries inside, sugar powder on top and a scoop of ice cream on a side. How naive I were. Strudel goes way beyond its sweet version. Now I…
Pita Bread Pockets with Pear Salad and Lentil Falafels Baked in a Nut Crust
Inspired by Lent and fasting, neither of which I actually follow. According to some legends, falafels, a Middle Eastern food, served as a meat replacement during Lents. With time falafels turned into a common street food in Middle East first and anywhere around the globe in nowadays. Traditionally, the falafels were made with chickpeas, that…
Valentine’s Day Pizza Margherita
Inspired by the recipes of those who are inspired by the upcoming Valentine’s Day. I was not planning to make a red heart-shaped dish to celebrate Valentine’s day. But I love to explore nice and tasty looking recipes created by someone else. And these days a high percentage of the dishes look like February 14 is…
Spinach Crepe Rolls with Smoked Salmon and Potato Cream
Inspired by a tempting smell of smoked food. Mashed potato, salmon, and spinach make a decent classical dinner plate for the fish lovers. The recipe you are about to explore has all three components, except that a dinner concept is transformed into an appetizer. The gorgeous look (forgive my pride) of the appetizer gets all…
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