This post contains affiliate links. With Christmas fast approaching, we are all scrambling to figure out what presents we are going to surprise our loved ones with. There are many ideas out there, but books, in my opinion, are a wonderful present on any occasion. They have this quality of lasting and allowing you to…
Although I knew this before, ever since I began sharing recipes on this blog, I have started paying more attention and notice that the food that we call purely regional, i.e. Lithuanian or Eastern European, is in some ways similar to the food from many other countries. Like the Lithuanian fried bread recipe that I shared a couple…
It’s been a long and tumultuous week and a half. I bet you need some downtime, just like me. And most likely, even though deep down you know exactly what to do, here you are, online, looking for some magic recipe that will bring calmness and cool demeanor to your existence. Hello, my name…
In honor of Thanksgiving this month, what’s a Sunday recipe without some gobble gobble. Turkey is one of those meats that is easy to make rubbery and dry and maybe that’s why we usually buy the turkey luncheon meat or ground turkey. But one day long ago I came across a recipe (or maybe a…
I recently read the book called The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera (<= affiliate link). It was an amazing read that resonated with me on so many levels: from the historical perspective to the relationships between two men and two women to the language and to the role of animals. While I am…
The season of entertaining is upon us, people. That means that appetizer is king! Since I have been sharing all kinds of recipes – both Lithuanian and not so much – I have decided that today would be a great day to start introducing some of the appetizers from my old country. As usual, nothing complicated,…