everyday gastronomy adventures
The sweetness and crunch of this holiday cranberry and pomegranate pavlova combined with the thick and sweet mascarpone cream is made for an ideal festive dessert. There’s something almost magical about the texture of baked meringue. The way it gets so crisp-yet-fragile on the outside, and a simple crack of the outer shell reveals the gooey, [Continue Reading…]
The holiday season is often full of indulgence. With friends parties, family get-togethers and tasty edible gifts, I’d say most of us get our fair share of holiday treats. But, what about our four-legged friends? How about a little indulgence in a form of doggie holiday cookies for our furry little stinky best friends? This is the [Continue Reading…]
I come from a Ukrainian background, so pork is always a holiday staple at our family’s dinner table. And because of this, I particularly love making pork since it always reminds me of having meals at home with my family. It also helps that pork tastes amazing pretty much anyway you season it. But there are [Continue Reading…]
Guess how many meat chebureki I ate today? No, don’t do that. I’m so in love with these meat chebureki! If I could, I would ship these out all over the world to you guys! Chebureki are basically turnovers with a thin crispy pastry, filled with juicy meat filling and deep fried to a golden perfection. They are very popular throughout the [Continue Reading…]
Get over here. We have something to talk about. It’s party time for our blog “Gastro Senses”! We are celebrating the first blog anniversary on December 2nd! 109 posts later, I’m excited about the site more than when I started. I never thought people would be so interested in my everyday gastronomy adventures. Thank you all for [Continue Reading…]
Have you ever tried making ricotta cheese? Try this recipe for homemade creamy ricotta cheese and you will be amazed how simple and delicious it is! Ricotta is very similar to farmers cheese that I’m used to from back home. Farmers cheese is the Eastern European ricotta except milk is left to ferment and curdle first before [Continue Reading…]
Remember how I made the delicious farmers cheese? Farmers cheese is an Eastern European version of ricotta cheese except it first curdles at room temperature to start off the fermentation process and then finished with the help of some heat. It really is best for your digestive system due to lactic acid bacteria which guards your healthy [Continue Reading…]
I’ve got some good news for you! It’s called winter powerfruit and brussels sprouts salad shredded to a thin and light perfection tossed with cool chunks of sweet persimmon, ruby pomegranate and some dried blueberries. All dressed with a delicious honey mustard dressing and sprinkled with toasted pecans. Twenty minutes is all it takes to put this delicious [Continue Reading…]
During the colder months when the wind is beating against the house and the trees around us are groaning and aching under the strain, nothing calms my nerves in quite the same way as freshly baked Nutella Cardamon Rolls. Any season, any time of day and night these sweet and airy pastries will work. But, somehow, wintertime and especially [Continue Reading…]
Now, every year I get crazy excited seeing the boxes full of big, bright red pomegranates in the grocery stores. They are my fall and winter power fruits. The juicy little bursts of ruby pomegranate seeds are so pretty, I wish I could have them as jewelry. An edible jewelry, like this Pomegranate Bracelet Salad! This salad blows [Continue Reading…]