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Vegan Raw Buckwheat Groats Porridge

Change up your breakfast routine with this creamy vegan porridge using soaked buckwheat groats, almonds, tahini, strawberries, and cinnamon. It’s also gluten free, nutrient-packed, and protein-high. And you can easily make it in a few seconds in a food processor, or high-speed blender. What are raw buckwheat groats and are they related to wheat? Buckwheat […]

Authentic Czech Kolache (Koláče) With Fruit Filling

Koláč (pronounced “co-latch”), a common and popular Czech pastry item, is made from a yeasted brioche dough, filled with a variety of fresh seasonal fruit and topped with crumbly streusel. Kolache, kolatche, kolachky or koláče in Czech (plural, pronounced “co-la-tchay”) typically come in circular shapes (yes, they do look like pizza!). From the silver dollar-size […]

Chunky Czech Potato Soup (Bramboračka)

Ready in 30 minutes, this delicious chunky potato soup is a quick, Czech-countryside classic, made with roux, potatoes, dried porcini mushrooms, parsnips, and carrots. Bramboračka is a Czech slang word that translates as “of potatoes”. It comes together fairly quickly using just a handful of ingredients, but with each playing a distinctly key role and […]

Easy Raspberry Linzer Torte

Linzer Torte with Raspberry Jam is a delicious and show-stopping dessert with a tender, ground-almond crust, and addictive sweet-sour raspberry jam filling.  Like its cousin, the Linzer cookie, the torte originated in the city of Linz, Austria. It is a classic Austro-Hungarian tart (or cake, which is what “Torte” means in German). My father loved this […]

Easy Blueberry Crumb Cake

This quick and unfussy Blueberry Crumb Cake is a delicious coffee cake, featuring layers of juicy blueberries, soft cake and crunchy topping. Let’s start at the top: Buttery, brown-sugary, cinnamony streusel with a nice crunchy texture. Right underneath, juicy, plump blueberries, perfectly fusing with the crumbs. Seriously, when no one’s looking, I pick and nibble […]