Pasha is a traditional Finnish Easter dish, especially in the eastern parts of the country. It was brought here by the Russian Orthodox church hundreds of years ago, and is eaten to celebrate the end of the lent. You may know pasha with a little different name - pascha, pashka, or [...]

I’ve been drooling over the pictures of the Hungarian food blog Chili & Vanilia for months, so when I discovered the story about what Hungarian goulash is and what it is not there (in English, no less), I re-remembered pörkölt and naturally had to try the recipe over the weekend. I’m all about edible [...]

My mom bakes buns and pies almost every weekend, and this lingonberry and carrot pie is one of her staples - and super good at that! The pie crust is made from the same dough as the cinnamon buns/rolls she also makes (pulla in Finnish), which is very convenient as you can bake several pastries [...]

Living in New York, I’m constantly homesick for good bread. In my neighborhood bodegas, the bread is suffocated in plastic; the sweet stuff comes from Entenmann’s and would survive a nuclear winter. A Dominican bakery that is just a few blocks from us makes fresh pastries every day - unfortunately the bakers there are rather [...]

Nykyinen New Yorkin suomalaisväestö koostuu paljolti opiskelijoista ja pankki- ja YK-ihmisistä - tähän joukkoon törmää parhaiten Scandinavia Housen elokuvailloissa. New Yorkin vanhempi suomalaiskerros, palvelustytöt, telakkatyöläiset ja kovat kommunistit asustivat Brooklynin Sunset Parkissa, jonka 40.-43. kadut vilisivät aikoinaan suomalaisia seurakuntia, haaleja, lihakauppoja ja asuinosuuskuntia. Monet rakennukset ovat yhä paikoillaan, mutta suomalaisista ei taida enää olla [...]