We had some friends over today and I needed something bright and yummy (and without gluten) to be served on this sunny day. I was browsing...

A few years ago Saveur, the American food magazine, featured some Latvian recipes  (Latvians, remember, are our Southern neighbours). Amon...

(From the Nami-Nami recipe archives .) " Kasukas " - "fur coat" - is a name for a layered vegetable salad that is ve...

We've got just three summer squash plants this year, and gosh, have they've supplied our family well. I harvest one or two good-si...

We've had a few good sunny and warm weeks here in Estonia, with temperatures hovering above 20 C on most days (that should be around 7...

Photo by  Juta Kübarsepp  for the May 2013 issue of  Kodu ja Aed  ("Home and Garden", an Estonian monthly) Back in early Apri...

If you have ever visited Estonia, then you know we're fond of various chopped salads with mayonnaise and sour cream dressing . We'...

What's your best time-saving tip in the kitchen? Here's one of mine. Lately I've developed the habit of peeling a big batch ...

Christmas and New Year, although just a scant week apart, seem to be different seasons altogether for our little family here in Estonia. ...

There have been no beetroot recipes on Nami-Nami recently. I wrote about the wonderful Persian dish, beetroot borani , back in May, but th...

August 2012 Watermelons are at their best just now - juicy and sweet, very flavoursome. Coincidentally, we've also had few rather war...

Nami-Nami foodblog is now seven years old . On June 15, 2005 , I wrote my first English-language blog post . Back then I was seven years y...

There's a smoked fish salad that I've been making for years. Here's the routine. On a Saturday morning, the kids and I (and u...

Photo by Andres Teiss A lovely wintry salad, that can be served as a starter (ideal for a buffét table, being such an eye-catcher!) or as...

Potato salad is an Estonian institution, whether you like it or not. I tend to like it, if it's well made. Until a few years ago you...

Horn of Plenty (also known as black chantarelle or black trompet ; Craterellus cornucopioides in Latin) is a chanterelloid, or chanterel...

It's august and we're eating tomatoes on a daily basis. Not just excellent local, seasonal, organic tomatoes, but local, seasonal ...

Yet another watermelon salad that's perfect as a light meal on those hot summer days. I made this first about a year ago, when I spotted...

When I first went to Greece in July 2002, I was shocked about the temperatures. I spent a week on Santorini, and it felt that the temperatur...

My maternal grandmother celebrated her 90th birthday yesterday with a large party. All her 5 children, most of her 11 grand-children (I say ...