These adorable Easter Bunny Coconut Cupcakes are easy to make and they are great for family gathering or school party. You can even get the kids involved with this EASTER treat. There is something about having kids that brings out the holiday spirit in us like nothing else. Suddenly it’s okay to do dorky things [Continue Reading…]
Pistachio Cranberry Snowflake Cookies
Tis the season! Pistachio Cranberry Snowflake Cookies – the perfect holiday cookies. Holiday baking at my house is in full swing. I am baking dozens of these Pistachio Cranberry Snowflake Cookies, donuts and cherry pie bars to give away to friends, co-workers and loved ones. I love this time of the year, when it’s crispy cold outside [Continue Reading…]
Classic All-Purpose Crêpes
Happy Maslenitsa, my friends! Maslenitsa or Pancake Week is a eastern european religious and folk festival that celebrates the end of the winter and the start of spring. In Orthodox tradition it is the week of preparation before the start of Great Lent, a time to eat all the cheese and dairy and animal products forbidden during [Continue Reading…]
Ukrainian Holiday Bread (Kalach)
In Ukraine Christmas Eve is called ‘Sviaty Vechir’ (Holy Evening) or sometimes it is also called ‘Sviata Vecheria’ (Holy Supper). The supper would usually start in the evening after the first star appears in the sky, which symbolizes the birth of Jesus. My most memorable childhood holiday traditions are revealed around Christmas Eve in little Ukrainian village with my [Continue Reading…]