Crispy Baked Latkes (Potato Pancakes) are just as crispy as fried latkes. Make Crispy Baked Latkes in advance and reheat in the oven – they’ll be just as crispy as when first baked. Enjoy this easy latke recipe as an appetizer or side for Chanukah and year-round. Are you seeing those crispy edges? These…
Eastern European
Hungarian Beef Goulash
Hungarian Beef Goulash is a soup made with slow-cooked beef stew meat, onions, and red pepper, and flavored with paprika and caraway seeds. Serve this soup over a bowl of egg noodles for a warming and filling dinner. Eastern European comfort food at its best. It’s soup weather. Between the ramen noodle soup I…
Steak Stroganoff
Egg noodles with a sour cream and mushroom sauce get topped with seared steak in this classic Russian dish that has become a global comfort food. Hi friends, Today’s recipe has two of our favorite foods, steak and mushrooms. Beef stroganoff is traditionally made with sautéed cubes of beef mixed in the sauce. For…
Chicken Paprikash with Dumplings
Hungarian braised chicken with smoked paprika in a sour cream sauce is served over homemade dumplings. Picture the scene. It’s a summer night in Budapest, the Paris of the East. Smells much better than actual Paris. Temperature in the low 80’s. You’re sitting in the enclosed dining room of a boat, on your Danube…
Polish Style Pork Tenderloin with Potato Dumplings
Polish style pork tenderloin is topped with a creamy mushroom sauce and served alongside homemade potato dumplings (kopytka) and bacon-kissed kale. I’ve written before about how I’ve been fortunate to be able to travel, and how I enjoy creating dishes I’ve tasted on my trips. Example number one: this Lomo Saltado from Peru. Today’s dish…