French Fries with Mayonnaise
Belgium is said to be the birth place of French fries… shouldn’t they be called Belgium fries? It is said that the British wrongly mistook French-speaking Walloons (Belgiums) for French...
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Danish Æbleskiver (Fried Dough with Apple Pieces)
This fried dough dessert resembles a golf ball in shape and size. Æbleskiver is baked in a specially made pan that produces perfectly round balls, hence its name. It was...
Bliny (Crepes)
Bliny are a small version of pancakes made with eggs, flour, and milk or kefir (a fermented milk drink.) They are mostly eaten for breakfast with sour cream, honey, apple...
Malakoff de Vinzel
Malakoff de Vinzel or de Luins (counties of Canton de Vaud) is a famous meal in Switzerland and there are a lot of different stories about its creation. Here is...
Flemish Asparagus
Asparagus season has begun!😋 In Belgium, that can only mean one thing: Flemish-style asparagus. Fresh white asparagus is served with diced boiled eggs and often eaten as a starter. The...
Kasha (Russian Porridge)
One of the most prominent sayings about Russian cuisine roughly translates as “Shschi and kasha are our food”. And it truly is so: Russians are very fond of any kind of groats eaten...
Pryaniki
Pryaniki is one of the staple sweets of Russian cuisine and has been around for a very long time. Its consistency is very similar to that of gingerbread. The most...
Le Gâteau Payernois (Payernois Cake)
Made with a dough composed mainly of hazelnuts and cream, le gâteau Payernois is a specialty of the City of Reine Berthe. A crunchy cake, the Payernois is semi-dry and...
Smažený Sýr (Fried Cheese)
This is a dish that many tourists coming to Czechia have never seen in their lives and can’t get their heads around. But once they try it, they’re absolutely hooked....
Šišky S Mákem (Potato Cones with Poppy Seeds)
Šišky S Mákem is potato cones with poppy seeds, a traditional Czech sweet dish popular mainly among children. And even though you probably won’t impress your hungry Czech husband with...
Deruny (Potato Pancakes)
Potato pancakes are associated with various European cuisines. In Ukraine, they are called “deruny”, in Russia and Belarus “draniki”, and similar recipes can be found in Polish, German, Austrian, and...