Average Betty was here!

Are you familiar with the American food blog called  Average Betty ? It's written by a lovely 30-something LA-based woman called Sara O...

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Cardamom and red currant cake

The red currants are all ripe and ready now in our garden, and we're using them a lot for making different cakes and desserts. Here'...

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A simple marzipan and gooseberry cake recipe

The gooseberry season has begun and here's one of my favourite cakes for using up those gooseberries (you'll find more delicious way...

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Recipe for an ice-cold wild strawberry coulis with warm marzipan cheesecake

We've had better summers than the current one. It's been raining a lot, the temperatures are a few degrees below the usual over-20C,...

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Announcement: Passion, Purpose and Pleasure Wellness Retreat in Estonia in mid-August

MarikaBlossfeldt ’s  Passion, Purpose and Pleasure Wellness Retreat takes place August 12 – 18 at Polli Talu Arts Center in Western Estoni...

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Déjà vu: Estonian tomato and smoked cheese soup recipe

On Monday morning I opened my mailbox and saw this: Hello from London Love the blog.  I had a wonderful tomato and smoked cheese soup in Ta...

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Endomela ice cream shop in Akko, Israel, and a recipe for a wonderful apricot sorbet

  You'll find the recipe for this wonderfully aromatic and flavoursome apricot sorbet at the end of this post.   Endomela is a play of ...

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Kahvliahvi Kokakool aka Kitchen Monkey's Cookery School

Here's a children's poem in Estonian, written by Heljo Mänd in 1960s, describing small elephant's Bumbu's birthday party i...

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