We are headed into harvest time and I once heard Chef Michael Chiarello describe it as a time where one foot is in the summer and one foot in the fall. I found it such a beautiful description – that split of the seasons, the moment that the year has a perfect balance.Sometimes harvest is … Read more
Sometimes there’s a recipe I try that I love so much, I just can’t wait to share it with you! So I bumped today’s scheduled recipe to next week, and threw this bright lovely salad right on the menu for you today. Because, um, look at it. Springtime, summertime, right here in February. Makes my … Read more
Happy Monday, lovelies! I thought we could start off the week fresh with a bright, bold, and beautiful salad. We love to eat salads year-round, but I feel like spring and summer is when we get the best ingredients for salads like this one. This is one of my favorite salads on the planet. We … Read more
I like to get presents. Who doesn’t? But I like to give presents more. I think a gift can tell about the person even more that his/her deeds. Present is a mirror of relationships, it shows the attitude and reveals the feelings. It doesn’t matter what the price is. Some gifts are priceless and cost … Read more
I’ ve been planing the whole week to bake some pumpkin pie, cheesecake, scones, bread…it is a pumpkin season still. I fell asleep and woke up with thousands ideas in my head. I even had some sketches of the future photos. But this weekend everything changed abruptly. My parents decided to visit grandparents. And since … Read more
I can talk about cakes a lot. When it comes to baking, cakes are my favourite topic. Cakes will always be on the top of the baking world (because they are simply much higher than cookies, pies, scones and whatever else :). I love cakes in the winter, spring, summer and autumn. All the year round. … Read more
I wasn’t going to publish this recipe, because there is no actual recipe. The first time I made french toast I didn’t follow any recipe, I just measured everything with my accurate eye. But, gosh! I didn’t expect it to be so damn good! And this is the best part of it! It is ridiculously … Read more
I have made this cheesecake for the very first time in the beginning of May. Since than I’ve made it three more times, almost every weekend. And all this time I have been wanting to share the recipe with you so badly! The first time I made this cheesecake, it was absolutely spontaneous. I happen … Read more
Easter bread, called Paska, is traditionally eaten in Ukraine during Easter holidays. Interesting that the recipe for it is similar to Italian Panettone, which is baked in Italy for Christmas. The tradition of eating Easter bread comes from religious reasons – Great Lent. Paska is made of all ingredients that are forbidden during the Lent … Read more