List of author's articles
How to make strapačky, halušky with sauerkraut and bacon
The most well known Slovak dish is bryndzové halušky, but my favourite is strapačky.
How to make segedínsky guláš, creamy sauerkraut stew
Both cooking the sauerkraut and adding cream help temper the acidic tang of sauerkraut for an easy comfort food.
How to make Medovníky, Slovak spiced honey cookies
Medovníky are everywhere in Slovakia around Christmas, from fancy decorated ones in market stalls to simple treats in grandma's kitchen.
Cooking with Babička: Making Christmas wafers, vianočné oplátky
Oplátky are a favourite among Slovak Christmas foods, even though in the west part of the country they are a relatively recent addition to the traditional meal.
How to make sauerkraut
Fermented foods are the new old superfood, which Slovaks have made and eaten all along.
How to make Slovak roast goose or duck
For this traditional autumn meal, do you know the difference between hus, kačica, and husokačka?
How to make Slovak stuffed peppers
Slovak stuffed peppers are stewed rather than baked for a juicy dish using summer produce.
How to make creamy Slovak courgette soup with dill
If you know anyone with a garden, they will gladly give you courgette, also called zucchini.
How to make creamy Slovak cucumber salad
What is more cooling than cucumber?
How to make Slovak style egg spread
This recipe takes minimal cooking for hot summer days.
Cooking with Babička: pagáče, an untranslatable word
Pagáče are a classic Slovak food but without an English equivalent. Biscuit? Scone? Neither.
How to make elderflower syrup
Though foraging is now trendy, this wild flower syrup has been made for years in Slovakia.
Cooking with Babička: Pull strudel to connect with others
Most of us want quick recipes for our busy lives; making pulled strudel, however, is a recipe of mindfulness and connection.
How to make chicken paprikáš
Not only is paprikáš quick and easy, it's the perfect comfort food for anyone following Slovak politics lately.
Cooking with Babička: opantance, an old dish for the future
Once common in Slovakia, most people have forgotten what millet is, but as a heat and drought resistant crop it's worth learning old recipes for the future.
How to make handful soup
A recipe for a soup both cheap and filling — and tasty of course, just what is needed in times of inflation.
Cooking with Babička: Slíže, sweet or savoury Slovak noodles
The best food comes from Grandma's kitchen - and we are setting out to find it, first with homemade Slovak noodles.
How to make a good Slovak Sunday bone broth soup
Sunday lunch - or any celebration - is not complete without a bone broth soup.
Neither buckets of water nor whips. Celebrate holidays with Easter cuisine
Spectacular Slovakia listeners will lick their fingers at Easter.
Get ready for Christmas Eve with Spectacular Slovakia
Opekance, bobáľky and pupáčky are the same thing. But what is it?
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- Neither buckets of water nor whips. Celebrate holidays with Easter cuisine
- Cooking with Babička: opantance, an old dish for the future
- Blog: Maternity wards have a problem with attitude
- Blog: Fear is dictating Slovakia's actions towards refugees
- Slovak dad drops everything for son’s NHL debut — even a flight
- News digest: On Teachers’ Day, a reminder that the capital still undervalues educators
- The Slovak-American who wants the world to witness the quality of Slovak wines
- Dialects: can west understand east?
- Hop on board! Bratislava launches forest bus routes
- Then … Now
- How companies can optimise the assignation of tax to non-profit organisations
- News digest: Slovakia confirms foot-and-mouth disease, begins culling livestock
- Slovak dad drops everything for son’s NHL debut — even a flight
- Then … Now
- This protest was for Gaza—then it turned into a showdown with a Marxist MEP and a far-right influencer
- Top 10 events in Bratislava for foreigners
- Weekend: Celebrate Day of Planetariums and Observatories
- News digest: Slovakia’s car industry faces a Trump shock
- Hop on board! Bratislava launches forest bus routes
- Dialects: can west understand east?
- Slovak dad drops everything for son’s NHL debut — even a flight
- This protest was for Gaza—then it turned into a showdown with a Marxist MEP and a far-right influencer
- Then … Now
- April fool!
- The Slovak-American who wants the world to witness the quality of Slovak wines
- Dialects: can west understand east?
- News digest: Emergency, crying cows, secret burials and Brussels plots
- She flagged minister’s undeclared villa. He wants her fined €80,000
- Štefan Banič, the Slovak often called the inventor of parachute
- I wanted to move to Europe. Slovakia’s citizenship law made it possible.
- Young Slovak photographer wins admiration, patrons among wealthy Arabs
- She’s got the look – and the vision
- Last Week: Fico regains his strength. Or does he?
- News digest: Slovakia confirms foot-and-mouth disease, begins culling livestock
- The Gothic roots of Zvolen
- Teenagers sentenced after brutal assault leaves man without legs
- News digest: On Teachers’ Day, a reminder that the capital still undervalues educators
- Slovak dad drops everything for son’s NHL debut — even a flight
- The death came from the skies. Nové Zámky: The most bombed Slovak town of World War II
- How companies can optimise the assignation of tax to non-profit organisations
- Weekend: Celebrate Day of Planetariums and Observatories
- Hop on board! Bratislava launches forest bus routes
- News digest: Slovakia’s car industry faces a Trump shock
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