Southern Bohemian Potato Mushroom Soup aka Kulajda

A very traditional Czech dish that has many varieties is called Jihočeská Kulajda or Southern Bohemian Kulajda. I call it Southern Bohemian Potato Mushroom Soup. It is basically a potato cream soup as the base and mushrooms or pork and dill or caraway seeds as the filler. Researching this soup, there are as many versions of...

Food, LIFESTYLE, Recipes

November 3, 2015

Chewing the Fat Czech Style

Czechs love fat, especially chewing the fat, Czech style. Literally. Škvarky translates to lard or pork crackings, and we cook with it and we eat it on bread. Yes, you read that right. Now you may be thinking what’s with the fat sandwiches? We Czech eat open-faced fat sandwiches and then we wash it down with a...

Food, LIFESTYLE, Recipes

October 30, 2015

Czech Fried Meat Patties aka Karbanatky

Czech Fried Meat Patties aka Karbanatky refers to Czech patties which are made of ground meat which is then breaded and fried. They are made in many European kitchens and have many different names. For the Danish they are known as Frikadeller. In Germany, they are known as Frikadellen, Buletten, Fleischküchle or Fleischpflanzerl. In Austria they call...

Food, LIFESTYLE, Recipes

October 27, 2015

Protected: Czech Grandfather Soup aka Bramboračka

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Food, LIFESTYLE, Recipes

October 25, 2015

Delicious Czech Sweet Buns aka Buchty

Delicious Czech Sweet Buns are known as Buchty in the Czech Republic. They are traditional food made from yeast and can be filled with ground poppy seeds, cheese curd, lekvar (plum jam), jam or jelly and they are truly a Czech classic. They are not like a donut, but rather more like a sweet bun or roll....

Food, LIFESTYLE, Recipes

October 22, 2015

Grandmother’s Czech Chicken Hack – 3 In One

I call this Grandmother’s Czech Chicken Hack – 3 In One because it is really a shortcut to making three meals: baked chicken, chicken soup, and a powerful healing chicken stock. Doesn’t it look delicious and full of healing goodness? Trust us, it is. Ingredients 1 large chicken 2 chicken breasts 2 onions, left whole 8...

LIFESTYLE, Recipes

October 22, 2015

Chicken with Dill Gravy and Dumplings

Sometimes I get a craving for a Czech dish, but realize that it is a beef dish and we don’t eat beef. Well, I’m not one to let that stop me. So this morning I was thinking about Koprovka which is a Dill gravy which is traditionally served with boiled beef. As I mentioned, we don’t do...

LIFESTYLE, Recipes

October 20, 2015

Guess the #1 Beer Drinking Nation In the World

The Czechs are the #1 beer drinking nation in the world, consuming the most beer per capita in the world (160 liters or 43 gallons). They have been drinking beer since at least 900 A.D. Can this be healthy? I have a memory of both my mother and my grandmother telling me to drink a...

Beer, LIFESTYLE

October 19, 2015

The Rohlík – A Czech Bread for Anytime

Czech love bread. They also love these little miniature baguette-like rolls called Rohlík. At the town square, on the metro, at the park or sitting on a tram – we’ve seen these offered and eaten just about everywhere that’s why we wanted to introduce you to the Rohlík, a Czech bread for anytime. A rohlík is an individual...

LIFESTYLE, Recipes

October 16, 2015

Kuba Is A Czech Mushroom Barley Risotto

Kuba is a Czech mushroom barley risotto, kind of. It’s barley, or sometimes called groats cooked super soft and then baked with mushrooms. It’s the forest grown (dried) mushrooms that bring the taste of pure nature to your table. It’s something that tastes oh so gourmet, made at a time when families had little money....

LIFESTYLE, Recipes

October 13, 2015

Shopping for Czech Foods in the USA

We’ve compiled this list for people who love to cook but have difficulty shopping for Czech foods in the USA. Recipes call for using the most authentic Czech ingredients and sometimes, being so far from home, those ingredients are hard to find. It’s our hope that this list of awesome substitutions will help make your Czech...

LIFESTYLE, Shopping

October 10, 2015

Food by William Matthew Valle

William Matthew Valle is a food blogger from Montreal, QC. He runs a food blog called French Cuisse where he posts photographs of the dishes he prepares and the ingredients he uses to cook them. The dishes he creates are simple, elegant, and aesthetically pleasant. He cooks with minimal ingredients, creating dishes which look and taste good. He...

Food, LIFESTYLE

Havel-and-Clinton-Czech-Pub-Drinking-Beer

October 8, 2015

Presidents, Politics & Pubs

Václav Havel, former president of the Czech Republic, liked to take visiting politicians to Prague pubs. This is for the obvious reason that a known Prague specialty is without a doubt the local pubs, taverns, taprooms and beer-drinking establishments of all kinds. Of course, there is no better place for the meeting of presidents, politics &...

Beer, Bohemians, LIFESTYLE

October 2, 2015

Czech Style Fudgy Chocolate Cake

Beets are a popular crop in the Czech Republic and they are used in both sweet and savory dishes, in both cooked and their raw state. Today we made čokoládový dort z červené řepy which literally translates to chocolate cake from red beets. I know, I know… it sounds strange. But I promise you that you...

Food, LIFESTYLE, Recipes

September 29, 2015

Top 5 Places To Have Coffee In Prague

In honor of #NationalCoffeeDay, I poured myself a strong cup of coffee and began to remember all of the wonderful cafe’s we went to in Prague. Suddenly I was inspired to write Top 5 Places To Have Coffee In Prague. In fact, there is nothing better than to go to a cafe in Prague. It’s just...

PLACES, Prague, Restaurants

Pilsner-Urquell-Brewery-Tour-Czech-Republic

September 28, 2015

The Original Pilsner Beer

Pilsner Urquell beer is truly a child of both Bohemia and Bohemianism. Pilsner Urquell is a brand-name Czech beer produced in Plzen (or Pilsen) and is the original Pilsner beer. The actual word Pilsner is a derivative from the west Bohemian town of Plzen. Beer is a humongous part of Czech culture. We can even say that it’s like baseball...

Beer, LIFESTYLE