Exploring worlds & history through food & stories

Exploring worlds & history through food & stories

Tag herbal remedies

FFF, Folk tales, Folklore, Recipes

Slavic Kitchen Alchemy – An Interview with Zuza Zak

Herbs, garlic & oils on a marble surface

I met with Zuza Zak and we talked about her wonderful new book Slavic Kitchen Alchemy: Nourishing Herbal Remedies, Magical Recipes & Folk Wisdom. Zuza is also the author of ‘Polska: New Polish Cooking’, ‘Amber & Rye: A Baltic Food Journey Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania’ and ‘Pierogi: Over 50 Recipes to Create Perfect Polish Dumplings’

M1984_R1977-2018
12 September, 2023

Fairy Tales, FFF, Folk tales, Folklore, History, Literature, Recipes, Storytelling, Uncategorized

Petrosinella or the Parsley Prescription

In which we discover that having long, strong hair doesn’t mean you can’t think for yourself, that you can learn a lot of incredible things from books, that parsley is both useful and tasty and that you should always remember to pack your acorns.

M1984_R1977-2018
7 June, 2022