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Czech Fried Cheese or Smažený sýr is both Czech and Slovak, this ubiquitous fried cheese is found from the classiest Czech restaurant to the shabbiest street cart and all sorts of places in between. That’s because it’s tasty! This is nothing like the mozzarella sticks you are used to. In the Czech Republic, it’s not an...
As the weather gets cooler, everything that is cooked in a large soup pot or baked in an oven just tastes even better. Yesterday we made tomatoes filled with cheese and egg and it was the perfect late lunch on such a day. Aside from my fingerprint on the lens, they sure do look appetizing, don’t...
Earlier today we shared A Taste of Czech Tradition, a new cookbook we’re having fun with, and today we decided to make a quick appetizer, radish and cheese spread. We chose this recipe because we had all of the ingredients on hand and it sounded so very Czech, not to mention, we had it whipped...
Today, October 16th is World Food Day, a day when people the world over are asked to join the global movement to end hunger. World Food Day is celebrated every year around the world in honor of the date of the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 1945. We’re making a...
Chicken-Paprikash-Tres-Bohemes
Chicken paprikash is not only one of my favorite Czech meals but also a classic. The mixture of flavors and the smooth texture give it a delicious taste which is unique to the Czech kitchen. For those of you who are unaware of what chicken paprikash is, it is a thick paprika gravy made from a chicken base....
We’re always on the lookout for a delicious Czech cheesecake (Czech: Tvarohový koláč) recipe so imagine my surprise when I found it in one of my own cookbooks (entitled My Cookbook) from 1973. Last weekend, we were unpacking some boxes which had been sitting in storage for many years – decades – I found old volunteering awards, penmanship...
For Czechs, bread is a way of life. Everywhere you go, fresh bakeries on town squares send delicious aromas to the street, luring in people for their earthy and hearty loaves. Czech bread is known the world over for its delicious taste and texture. I’ll share a little family story… After my grandmother Marie divorced...
There is nothing more popular in Czech cuisine as dumplings. Today we are going to share a family recipe for Carlsbad Dumplings or Karlovarský Knedlíky. In the Bohemian forests, around the Šumava mountains, dumplings are called bosáky, in Southern Bohemia, they’re called drbáky and in Moravia they’re often served with poppy seeds and called šulánky. In the...
Sauerkraut-Zeli
Czech Zelí (Sauerkraut) is like no other. Unlike German sauerkraut or American sauerkraut Czech sauerkraut is not necessarily sour. When most people make sauerkraut they just take pickled cabbage and heat it, but when Czechs make it (or at least the Czechs I know) they use pickled cabbage, sugar, onions, an apple, and lots of...
Whether you call it a cutlet, a schnitzel or a řízek, a piece of meat which is thinned by pounding with a meat tenderizer, then coated with flour, beaten eggs and bread crumbs, and then fried. It happens to be the perfect accompaniment to potato salad for Czechs – and a national favorite. It’s traditionally garnished with a slice of lemon...
Strawberry Afternoon Cake with Crumble is called Jahodový Koláč ze žmolenkou in Czech. It is a tasty afternoon delight best served with tea or coffee. We’ve made it hundreds of times and sometimes substitute the strawberries for plums, apricots, blueberries, cherries or peaches. It’s delicious with any fruit and is the perfect snack, for anytime...
This fast and easy recipe is a popular Czech classic. It is called Šunkofleky in Czech and  it’s really just a quick noodle and ham casserole made with just a few simple ingredients. The result however is a flavorful and delicious dish that satisfies! Although this dish goes all the way back to Roman times, the Czech name...
There are a couple of rules when making an Easter Lamb or or Velikonoční Beránek as it is called in Czech. The most important is to use a dense cake batter. We recommend a pound cake or dough for bábovka. Rule number two is to make sure to butter and then either flour or bread crumb the...
On a lovely morning like this it is easy to get inspired to make a special breakfast before anyone even wakes up… Czech Cherry Bublanina. Bublanina literally translates to “bubbles up” or “bubbly” but the dictionary would define it as a soufflé – but don’t let that name fool you into expecting that it will...
Mushrooms with scrambled eggs is a Czech favorite. There, it is known as Houbová smaženice s vejci. It’s been around as long as the forests have and I imagine it’s been a main course for many peasants who were lucky enough to have a chicken and to live close to the forest border… It’s not the...
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