penwhiskBulgarian Pickled Vegetables — PenwhiskCome September, our family kitchen would be transformed into a small-scale facility for making Bulgarian pickled vegetables. My mother and…Mar 6, 2020Mar 6, 2020
penwhiskBroccoli Lasagna the Bulgarian Way — PenwhiskBroccoli lasagna isn’t part of the Bulgarian national cuisine. There’s no Italian influence on the cooking of my native country. The…Feb 21, 2020Feb 21, 2020
penwhiskBulgarian Mineral Water — PenwhiskAfter fifteen years, not much seems to have changed on the Sofia — Plovdiv railway line. Still, things look strange to me in an unsettling…Nov 1, 2018Nov 1, 2018
penwhiskKozunakThe list of ingredients in my grandmother’s Kozunak, the sweet bread she baked on Holy Saturday before Orthodox Easter, was as follows:Jul 22, 2018Jul 22, 2018
penwhiskCooking with Yotam OttolenghiHow the famous Israeli-British chef taught me that I had more in common with those who appeared to be different from me than I might thinkJun 6, 2018Jun 6, 2018
penwhiskMother’s Day StoryThis is a story about a mother who, to her daughter’s great disappointment, refused to bake pastries that were imitations of real-life…May 7, 2018May 7, 2018
penwhiskMilkAt every breakfast I had as a child in Koprivshtitsa, my grandparents insisted that I had my cup full of milk. The milk came directly from…Apr 2, 2018Apr 2, 2018
penwhiskForest Wild StrawberriesOne of my earliest memories is of my grandfather taking me to pick wild strawberries in the surroundings of Koprivshtitsa, a town of some…Mar 9, 2018Mar 9, 2018