Cardamom panna cotta with apricot and sea-buckthorn sauce

Panna cotta is a dessert that I actually make quite often, even if I've only blogged about it once ( Vanilla panna cotta with roasted rh...

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Merry Christmas!

You'll find all Nami-Nami's Christmas recipes here .

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Celebrating New Year's Eve in Tallinn?!

This post is mainly for those food-oriented people in Tallinn who haven't yet decided where to celebrate New Year's Eve this year. H...

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Swedish Saffron Buns (Lussekatter)

Saffron buns like this are eaten all over Sweden on St Lucia's day on December 13th . Lucia's buns are rather decadent buns, with l...

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Homemade candy recipes: fruit and nut truffles

There's a candy I remember from my childhood. Our main chocolate factory, Kalev, was (and probably still is) well-known for its chocolat...

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If you like Cosmo (and Sex and the City), then you'll love this drink: Cosmopolitan glögg

Sex and the City (2008) Miranda Hobbes: [at a bar, drinking Cosmopolitans]  "Why did we ever stop drinking these?" Carrie Bradshaw...

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Christmas recipes: Swedish meatballs

Serving meatballs at a Christmas table is NOT an Estonian tradition, but it's something I've borrowed from our Swedish neighbours ac...

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Estonian recipes: thick fruit soup (dried fruit kissel)

One non-Christmas recipe for a change :) Paks puuviljakissell or thick (dried) fruit soup/kissel is an old Estonian favourite (I've pr...

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Black Pudding Profiteroles

August 2011 This recipe was originally posted in December 2009. It's been fully updated, and new photos are included. Remember the Chori...

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Gingerbread muffins

Gingerbread muffins, anno 2011 This recipe was originally posted in December 2008. It's been fully updated, and new photos are included....

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Christmas Recipes: Beetroot and Orange Salad with Ginger Dressing

Photo by Andres Teiss A lovely wintry salad, that can be served as a starter (ideal for a buffét table, being such an eye-catcher!) or as a ...

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Christmas Recipes 2011: Curried Parsnip Soup

Photo by Andres Teiss I am not claiming that this curried parsnip soup is a traditional Christmas soup in Estonia or anywhere else in the wo...

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Christmas Recipes: Chocolate Mousse with Cranberry Fruit Soup

Photo by Andres Teiss Last year we had a first proper snowfall in mid-November, and that snow never really went away until late Spring. We ...

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Ottolenghi's chargrilled broccoli with chilli and garlic

Here's a lovely recipe adapted from London-based Yotam Ottolenghi 's first cookbook, Ottolenghi: The Cookbook . The book is full on ...

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And the winner is ....

... Joanna , a Brit living in Latvia. Please send me your postal address, so I can mail you your copy of Marika Blossfeldt's Essential N...

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Book project No 2: Christmas at Home (Jõulud kodus)

Remember my first cookbook, "Nami-Nami kokaraamat" and its launch party on December 1st almost a year ago? The cookbook has done...

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Marika Blossfeldt's 'Essential Nourishment' and a recipe for Kabocha Apricot Soup (book giveaway)

NB! I've got one copy of this wonderful book (in English!!!) to give away to Nami-Nami readers. See details below! I had seen the Estoni...

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Latvian cranberry, cream and rye trifle 'Rupjmaizes kārtojums'

Our Southern neighbours Latvians are celebrating their independent statehood again today. Last year I shared a recipe for delicious light p...

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Things to do with (Estonian) black pudding aka verikäkk

Someone left a comment on my blog this morning : Just brought back home from Estonia some Verikäkk and still wondering what to do exactly wi...

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My favourite beetroot soup, vegetarian borscht

October 2011 Here is one of my very favourite soups of all time, which I make about once a month (at least!). It's a vegetarian version ...

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Roasted Jerusalem artichokes (sunchokes) with lemon, Parmesan cheese and parsley

Jerusalem artichoke ( Helianthus tuberosus ), also known as sunchoke, sunroot, topinambur, earth apple (and curiously, 'earth pear...

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