This Blog is actually several separate blogs. This, the Main Blog, is for my ramblings about everything else that other blogs do not cover. Things like my pottery, my wife’s art work (mainly watercolor), travel, nature observations, book reviews and whatever else comes to mind. Feel free to leave comments about any of the posts. Múžete komentovat Česky. Bienvenue aux commentaires français.
Mozzarella is on of the most common cheeses you see in kitchen. Anybody that has tasted fresh mozzarella will attest that there is absolutely no resemblance in (...)
Pickled eggs are almost a necessity for preparing snacks, sandwiches, potato salads, or any salad for that matter. I t is hard to imagine any celebration table (...)
I have to admit that until two weeks ago I have never made or tasted pure tomato sauce. I have made hundreds of tomato sauces but they always had at least (...)
For the last month I was promising my wife that I’ll bake her apple pie. Two weeks ago I bought the apples, unsalted butter and lard so I was ready to bake the (...)
I did not alter the color! This is real!!!In a way, there is no recipe. I have marinated my version of regular sized wings (as opposed to ostrich sized wings (...)
Chinese Barbecue PorkIngredients:4 Pork Tenderloins3/4 cup Hoisin sauce1/2 cup Soy sauce1/2 cup Rice wine or dry sherry1/3 cup Honey1 tablespoon Sugar1 Tbs. (...)
Home-made Mozzarella from scratchI don’t know why the large cheese companies that sell to supermarkets call that stuff packaged in brick form Mozzarella. I (...)
Head Cheeseor Sülze (German), Sulc or Huspenina (Czech) etc…Head cheese is not a cheese at all, of course but a terrine or meat jelly/aspic. Originally it was (...)
All the veggies I used in this recipe were from my garden and it did taste very fresh. From start to finish it took just little under 30 minutes.Main thing is (...)
Icame acrossFacebook group "Vietnamese Instant Pot Recipes" and there I discovered the very best and easiest way to cook soft or hardboiled eggs. Very simple (...)
Yes, you have read it right: this soup is made with sauerkraut as a main ingredient.As far as I can tell, it is of Slavic countries or Central Europe origin (...)
This is basically same recipe as “Chinese Style Sticky Pork Back Ribs“, main difference being that the ribs are cut into individual pieces before marinating (...)
It has been such a long time since we had Osso Buco, meal that we both love. Reason is simple. We just can’t get 3” thick veal shanks here. Acceptable solution (...)
Even though name of this Korean dish is “Stir-fried Squid” I always use cuttlefish because it is much thicker, larger and easier to work with. Also, I cut each (...)
This is a simplified version of Duck Soupthat I have posted previously and in my opinion it is a better and cleaner tasting version than soup using roasted (...)
(Chlupaté knedlíky)CzechPotato dumplings are somewhat similar to Gnocchi in that main ingredients are potato, flour and egg except these dumplings are made (...)
These sweet, spicy and sticky ribs are so addictive! I didn’t feel like making a real Char Sui sauce so I just mixed oyster sauce, hoisin sauce, buckwheat (...)
Yes, another dumpling recipe. This comfort soup is one of our favorite soups to go to when it is miserable outside. It is too bad that many people would never (...)
Chicken breast with gnocchi and sun-dried tomato sauce
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To describe this dish that I have created for Marjo tonight on a whim would be “Pan fried and roasted chicken breast with sweet and Russet potato gnocchi (...)
This is excellent way to serve leftover mushroom soup. Actually, it is so good that it is well worth it to make it from scratch. Since I have already posted (...)
Yes, another chicken recipe, but this time using most flavorful part of chicken, the thighs. They take much, much longer to cook then a breast but they are (...)
Is it really 3 years since I blogged last time? Really? As far as I know most major shopping malls have a place set aside where all fast food vendors set up (...)
