About

I love to eat. I love to cook. It’s all about the balance. And then, there are moments when I eat to get the food out of my mind. It’s a process.

Food, just like travel, is a driving force. Inspirational and satisfying. Eating is a pleasure, of course, though I really don’t mind just reading about food. Or, watching the TV cooks and celebrity chefs tossing pots and pans around their designer kitchens making cooking up a storm look easy. Heck, I even loved watching Ratatouille proving the point that everybody can cook.  

 Bučnica (Marrow & Cottage Cheese Pie)

I grew up on robust Central European home cooking and have learnt first-hand how to love and appreciate all its hearty goodness, seasonal richness, natural heat and dripping fat. It’s a familiar cuisine my favourite comfort foods derive from.  So, I have my classics, of course, but along the way I have also uncovered some exceptionally delightful dishes. Many are just a whiff of the past, but many have become my kitchen staples and favourite tools for extracting happy memories. Somehow sinking my teeth into the melting folds of freshly baked pastry shifts my grey cells into gear. It’s a condition. 

On this blog I’ll occasionally adapt and reformat a recipe out of my overflowing recipe book (every cook has got one) and share some of my family favourites. Most dishes will be child friendly (as I recently turned into full time Mother Earth feeding my son and his mates a galore of nourishing foods for every occasion) and many will be the festive foods that turn Easter, Christmas, New Year and other annual celebrations into much anticipated days of careful preparations and long memorable feasts.

Hope you'll enjoy the selection!