Happy Shrove Tuesday, or as the Estonians say, head vastlapäeva! I last blogged about this day a few years ago when we made pea soup, which is one of the foods traditionally eaten on this day in Estonia. The other food associated with today is the vastlakukkel — a lightly sweetened yeast bun with the [...]
Archive for February, 2012
Shrove Tuesday / Vastlapäev
Posted in Expat, Something to Eat, tagged bun, Estonian, holidays, whipped cream on Tuesday, 21 February, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Cutting out the junk
Posted in Something to Eat, tagged food rules, homemade, junk food, Lent, Michael Pollan on Monday, 20 February, 2012 | 3 Comments »
I’ve never read Michael Pollan’s “Food Rules”, but I have heard some of his rules and love how simple and straightforward they are. His first rule regarding food and eating, which some of you may have heard before, is as follows: Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. Pretty simple, right? I saw an interview [...]
Happy Nutella Day!
Posted in Blog Stuff, tagged Nutella, World Nutella Day on Sunday, 5 February, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Happy World Nutella Day! I’m not submitting a recipe to the roundup this year, but I still wanted to take a minute to remind everyone that today’s the day to celebrate the delicious chocolate and hazelnutty goodness of Nutella. Go ahead, eat some during the Super Bowl!
