Baking
Kapuśniaczki – Wild Mushroom Pies
These kapuśniaczki or wild mushroom pies, are a Polish treat often served with barszcz (borscht) for Christmas, but I love eating them in the fall!
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Foraged Foods
Peppery Roasted Mushrooms
These peppery roasted mushrooms are a great way to enjoy wild, or store bought mushrooms. Have it as a side dish, appetizer, or snack!
Domestic
Polish Cucumber Salad
This Polish cucumber salad is called mizeria and is always made with the freshest of summer produce. I like adding lots of fresh herbs!
Domestic
Korean Style Lake Smelt
This Korean style lake smelt is made in the fashion of myeolchi bokkeum, the delicious Korean ban chan dish of dried anchovies in a spicy sauce!
Foraged Foods
Pheasant and Maitake Xôi Mặn
This pheasant and maitake xôi mặn is basically a Vietnamese hodge podge on rice, with delicious pheasant and maitake (hen of the woods) mushrooms.
Domestic
Sichuan Style Lake Smelt
These Sichuan style lake smelt are an explosion of flavour! Fried smelt get stir fried with aromatics to create a unique and delicious dish!
Foraged Foods
Butter Chicken of the Woods
This butter chicken of the woods recipe is a play on the classic butter chicken dish, using wild chicken of the woods mushrooms!
Domestic
Italian Style Lake Smelt
These Italian style lake smelt are the perfect snack or appetizer. Simply deep fried whole and served with lemon, they’re a real treat!
Domestic
BBQ Pork Floss
This BBQ pork floss is a fun take on the classic Chinese dried meat topping, but made with BBQ sauce and BBQ rub!
Fowl
Vietnamese Pheasant Meat Floss
This Vietnamese pheasant meat floss is made in the style of the more classic pork or chicken floss that can be found in East and Southeast Asia.
Baking
Ukrainian Pampushky
These Ukrainian pampushky are the perfect thing to go with a nice bowl of borscht soup. The pampushky are somewhere between donuts and dinner rolls.
Domestic
Jalapeño Popper Corn Salad
This jalapeño popper corn salad is the perfect summer side dish. Made to taste like jalapeño poppers with bacon and cream cheese, this unique salad is sure to please!
Domestic
British Fish Pie with Bass
This British fish pie with bass was made with fresh-caught largemouth bass, leeks, and mashed potatoes in the fashion of a classic fish pie!
Domestic
How to Make Dill Pickles
Follow this how-to guide to make your own dill pickles from scratch. These pickled cucumbers are canned with the water bath method and are shelf stable.
Domestic
Ratatouille Pasta Salad
This ratatouille pasta salad is the perfect summer side dish. All of the elements of classic ratatouille in a pasta salad that can be eaten warm or cold!