Yummy Holiday baking: Carrot cake cookies recipe

Time to start preparing for the gingerbread cookies here in Estonia, these slightly chewy carrot cake cookies would do just as well. For over two ye…

Christmas Recipes 2011: Curried Parsnip Soup

Photo by Andres Teiss I am not claiming that this curried parsnip soup is a traditional Christmas soup in Estonia or anywhere else in the world. Howe…

Yummy Layered Vegetable Salad with Smoked Salmon

(From the Nami-Nami recipe archives .) " Kasukas " - "fur coat" - is a name for a layered vegetable salad that is very popular here …

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

A few years ago Saveur, the American food magazine, Russian vinaigrette salad , beet and potato salad , layered vegetable salad with smoked salmon , to…

Christmas Recipes: Beetroot and Orange Salad with Ginger Dressing

Photo by Andres Teiss A lovely wintry salad, that can be served as a starter (ideal for a buffét table, being such an eye-catcher!) or as a side dish…

Yummy Cullen Skink, a Scottish smoked haddock and potato soup (gluten-free)

Few days ago the Scots - and friends of Scotland - celebrated yet another anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns, hosting or attending a Burns Sup…

Yummy Gâteau Marcel. A recipe for a delicious layered chocolate mousse cake (gluten-free)

Happy Valentine's Day to all the lovely Nami-Nami readers out there! Today's recipe is this gluten-free and fun cake from Denmark, where it&…

Gingerbread muffins

Gingerbread muffins, anno 2011 This recipe was originally posted in December 2008. It's been fully updated, and new photos are included. Everyone…

Yummy In praise of Georgian food

The Washington Post muses on March 3rd, 2015, whether the Georgian food might be the next big thing . It certainly deserves much more attention, if yo…

Yummy A recipe for gluten-free hazelnut meringue roulade aka Budapestrulle (Budapestbakelse)

I am writing this post while sitting on a really comfortable bed in a brand new hotel in Helsinki, called Indigo Hotel . I'm in town for a long w…

Yummy 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 don't r…

Black Pudding Profiteroles

August 2011 This recipe was originally posted in December 2009. It's been fully updated, and new photos are included. Remember the Chorizo Choux …

Yummy 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 BLOG QUIET…

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

Photo by Juta Kübarsepp for the March 2014 issue of Kodu ja Aed magazine.  It's time for semlor or lenten cream buns again soon - February 9th, t…

Estonian recipes: thick fruit soup (dried fruit kissel)

One non-Christmas recipe for a change :) Paks puuviljakissell or thick (dried) fruit soup/kissel is an old raisin fruit soup ). The kissel on the pho…

Yummy Lemony bread and butter pudding with custard and berries

It's been a while since my last proper blog post, I know. It's not that I've neglected my food-loving readers, I've just been focusi…

Yummy Dyeing Easter Eggs with Onion Skins, Estonian style

This was originally posted in 2011. You'll find all my Easter recipes here .  We don't really 'do' chocolate eggs for Easter here in E…

Christmas recipes: Swedish meatballs

Serving meatballs at a Christmas table is NOT an Estonian tradition, but it's something I've borrowed from our Swedish neighbours across the…

Yummy Vegan delights of Tallinn 2016 (guest post)

As the tourist season approaches, I get many emails asking for dining recommendations in Tallinn specifically and in Estonia more generally, some ask…