Author: Carina

• Pierog: Poppyseed Strudel

  

  This year, the Gastrognome and I decided to make the traditional Ukranian Christmas Eve meal, start to finish, completely from scratch. In years past, his mother would purchase the items from a Ukranian church, toss it all in the oven, and call it good — and it was good, at least the one time I had…

  Carina

  December 31, 2018

  Recipes

  Christmas Baking, Holiday Baking, Icing Recipe, Pierog, Poppyseed Pastries, Poppyseed Strudel, Strudel Recipes, Ukranian Christmas Cake

• HICKORY VANILLA MARSHMALLOW FLUFF

  

  After three days of running around holiday-ing with the family, my husband and I settled in for a lazy Sunday of apologizing to the cat for leaving her alone for so long. In the midst of Christmas shopping, listening to The Muppet Christmas Carol soundtrack, and making soup out of a leftover roasted duck carcass,…

  Carina

  November 26, 2018

  Home Cooking, Recipes

  Aioli, Brooklyn Kitchen, Garlic Ginger Aioli, Holiday Baking, Holiday Cooking, Kitchenaid Hand Mixer, Marshmallow Fluff, Marshmallow Recipe

• Croissants & Montmartre

  

  This morning I woke up missing Paris to the point of near-physical pain. Specifically warm pain au chocolat from a tiny boulangerie with orange awning in Montmarte, where I spent one of the most blissfully strange weeks of my life.

  Carina

  November 20, 2018

  NYC Food, Travel

  Bakeries, Bien Cuit, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Food, Croissants, Montmartre, Paris, Travel Blog, Travel Blogger, Wanderlust