You know the rush, right? Christmas is just around the corner, and soon we will remember how many things are still not ready. I am rereading Slater’s “Christmas Chronicles” again this year and I just adore how he is writing about winter and holiday preparation time. He is also a great source of inspiration. I […]
Welcome to the time of the year when the whole city smells of mulled wine and roasted chestnuts. Even if it gets dark at 4 in the afternoon the glowing lights make you fell like in a fairy tale. And then there are places where you can stuff yourself with food, wash it down with […]
Three or four months after I moved to Vienna my friend came to visit. As I moved with no prior knowledge of German I was still pretty much in the beginning of this rather bumpy ride. This is quite important for the rest of the story. What else can you offer your special guest if […]
When you hear “winter”, do you think “harsh, cold, and dark”? Let me, together with Nigel Slater, persuade you, it can be more than that. Last year I discovered the delicious book written by Slater “The winter chronicles”. It starts in November and narrates you through the whole winter, making winter lovers love this time […]
Living in Austria has a lot of advantages. One of the biggest is how close to the mountains we are and how easy it is to get out of the city and enjoy the nature. Even if you experienced this famous Austrian/Viennese grumpiness you can forget about it on the trails – everyone will smile […]
When we went to Thailand I fell in love with the green papaya salad. I could eat it every day, three times per day. When we were up north, in Chiang Mai, we went to a cooking school – we spent a whole day on the farm, learnt about vegetables they were growing there and […]
On one of the last sunny and warm September afternoons we decided to finally check the Löwygrube. It is a big park located in the 10th district with one of the biggest dog zones in Vienna. The name came up on the dog group I am part of quite some times. I had it written down […]
1,3 billion tons of food get thrown out every year. One would say “oh but this is for the whole world”. Let’s look closer then: in European Union we throw away on average 179 kg of food per person. That adds up to 89 millions of tons per year. Even closer: In Austria we throw away […]
I have a bit of an unresolved relationship with celery. I like the concept, but I don’t go crazy when I see it. It is a fact though: celeriac, along with parsley root, carrot, parsnip etc. are the staples of the autumn- and winter-time cooking. This is an opinion changing dish, pushing the scales to […]
I believe I should offer you an explanation what is this blog about, who am I, and so on. I am in my 30’s. In the beginning of 2017 Vienna became my home and this year, after nearly two years of commuting between Poland and Austria I decided to quit my job. Time has come to […]
