Maisemakahvilan Raparperipiirakka – Finnish Rhubarb Sheet Pie

Spring is slowly arriving in Austria. Birds are going crazy, and first, wood garlic leaves are poking their heads up from the forest soil. One sure spring sign is that my vegetable handler has rhubarb for sale. Today was the day! I managed to get some fresh rhubarb. It’s still grown in the greenhouse, but…

Simple asparagus pizza or a pie… As you wish..

Spring is finally in Austria! My garden is in full bloom and we have started grill season. Lovely slow afternoons spent with friends and family. Asparagus season is in full swing in Austria. Field fresh asparagus is all over the place. Last weekend we had friends over for lunch and I prepared this simple pizza…

Grandmother’s Bilberry Pie – Mummin mustikkapiirakka

Bilberry season is in full swing in Finland, where we are on holiday. Forests are full of blue, big, and healthy berries to be picked. This year, there are so many of them that you just need to walk into the forest and pick! Picking wild berries from the forest is every man’s right in…

Shepherd’s pie from pumpkin

Rain..And bit more rain.. True fall day today.Gray and wet,yach! Punkins..Jep…I hope you are not fed up with my pumpkin hype yet because this will go on still for a while. I need soul food today.Something with spices,hot comforting stuff.I wanted to try how pumpkin would work in Shepherd’s Pie.. Pumpkins are all over the…