Sautéed garlic scapes with tomatoes

Are you familiar with garlic scapes ? I've actually mentioned them here on my blog, Nami-Nami, just over ten years ago ( YES, NAMI-NAMI...

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Badrijani nigvzit - Georgian aubergine rolls with walnut filling

Badrijani is the Georgian rolled eggplant dish we've been missing our whole life , wrote Lucky Peach on its Facebook page yesterday. I ...

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It's not Pancake Day, it's Shrove Tuesday cream bun day ;)

Photo by Juta Kübarsepp for the March 2014 issue of Kodu ja Aed magazine.  It's time for semlor or lenten cream buns again - remember,...

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Recipe for a Latvian Beet and Bean Salad (Pupiņu un Biešu Salāti)

A few years ago Saveur, the American food magazine, featured some Latvian recipes  (Latvians, remember, are our Southern neighbours). Among ...

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Holiday baking: Carrot cake cookies recipe

Time to start preparing for the Christmas holidays and I offer you a lovely cookie recipe! Although we'll be mostly eating piparkoogid ...

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Home-made granola recipe

This was originally posed in January 2009. I'm reposting this with new photos.  I'm not sure why it took me so long to make my own g...

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ApfelSTROHdel - a hot apple toddy with Austrian Stroh rum

I've been testing various recipes using the spiced Austrian rum, Stroh, and this autumn/winter drink was quite popular. The ApfelSTROHde...

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Swiss Chard Gratin with Cheese

Recipe by Pille @  Nami-Nami .  All photos by  Juta Kübarsepp  for the  September 2014  issue of  Kodu ja Aed  ("Home and Garden")...

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Whipped semolina pudding with apples and black aronia berries

Recipe by Pille @ Nami-Nami .  Above photo by Juta Kübarsepp for the October 2012 issue of Kodu ja Aed ("Home and Garden", an E...

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Quark and pumpkin pudding cake

Recipe by Pille @ Nami-Nami .  Above photo by Juta Kübarsepp for the October 2013 issue of Kodu ja Aed ("Home and Garden", an Es...

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Creamy chantarelle sauce recipe (aka creamy girolle sauce)

My regular readers all know about my love for wild mushrooms . We had a long and hot and dry summer here in Estonia - not the time for forag...

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Summer food: Estonian milk and vegetable soup

It's mid-July, which here in Estonia means the peak of summer. We're having a beautiful summer here, with lots of sun and not much r...

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Recipe for torta della nonna, or Tuscan ricotta cake with pinenuts or almonds

Case Vecchie, Sicily I am still in Sicily, still enjoying the hospitality of Anna Tasca Lanza ’s cookery school in Case Vecchie, near Vallel...

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Recipe for ricciarelli, delicious gluten-free almond cookies from Siena, Tuscany

This photo was taken by Juta Kübarsepp for Nami-Nami , the rest are by me or my husband.    I’m writing this post in Sicily . I’m in a love...

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Equal rhubarb cake

I've got a new favourite to-go rhubarb cake recipe . Just because it's one that can be memorized in seconds. Actually you just need ...

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Creamy avocado pasta a la Safkaa

About two years ago all the Finnish food blogs and magazines were raving about avocado pasta. Hanna Gullichsen, a Finnish food writer, had p...

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Asparagus and cheese tart recipe

Originally posted in May 2011 , but I'm bumping this up again, as the local asparagus season has began. The photo above was taken by Jut...

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An easy breakfast: ahjusoojad kohupiimasaiad aka Curd Cheese Toasts

I'm reposting this post from February 2007, as it was listed as one of the 50 of the world's best breakfast dishes over at the hote...

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Best rhubarb muffins recipe ever

I just baked a batch and had to dig out this recipe from the depths of Nami-Nami and share this with you again :) The post is actually from ...

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Cauliflower with tahini dressing and sesame and hemp seeds

It's almost two years since I went to Israel with the lovely David Lebovitz and Ms Marmite Lover , as well as Cambria from The Kitchn...

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