I spent most of my childhood at grandma’s little farm in Ukraine. I would spend the early mornings picking fresh cherries and raspberries and, over the following days, gorging on them. When we moved to Toronto with my husband, I knew there would be things about home I would miss – obvious ones like my [Continue Reading…]
Crème Caramel
Because I like to cook but have never cared much about baking, I’m always looking to add to my repertoire of blog’s desserts – recipes you don’t have to be a precision baker to pull off. Here is a good example, magical and so so easy French dessert called Crème Caramel aka Flan aka Custard. [Continue Reading…]
Crêpes with Mushrooms and Cheese
Crêpes were a staple in my household when I was growing up. We knew them as blinchiki and had them as a simple dessert on weekends smothered in homemade jam or cottage cheese and fresh berries. We also love crêpes with different savoury fillings like these tasty crêpes with mushrooms and cheese, stuffed and rolled into little wraps which [Continue Reading…]
Pork Fritters
Hmmm… it’s dinner time and there’s a tiny grumble in your tummy that says the simple salad you had for lunch might not take you all the way through the day. Instead of reaching for that dubious bag of chips in your kitchen pantry (is it really the same bag of chips you saw there [Continue Reading…]