Happy New Year (Czech and German Style) from ATFT!
A Happy New Year message with some interesting Czech and German traditions plus an apple strudel recipe and links to raclette, hot mulled wine and much more!
Czech Pickled Sausage Salad (Utopenci)
This cold, pickled sausage salad is a staple in Europe. The Germans have a similar dish called Wurstsalat. This is a Czech family recipe given to me when I lived there a few years ago. It makes a great snack, light meal, game day nosh or potluck dish.
Czech Houskové Knedlíky (Bread Dumplings)
In last week’s post I described how to make Svíčková, a Czech beef dish with a marvelous cream gravy. It should be served with traditional Houskové Knedlíky, or bread dumplings. Fortunately, my friend Dalin’s wife Martina showed me how to make her mother’s homemade bread dumplings in the traditional way.
She made them in enameled metal cups inside a large pan of boiling water. I was even more delighted when she showed me the best way to slice them – with sewing thread! Using a knife would smash the light, fluffy dumplings.
Svíčková, Tender Beef in Cream Gravy from the Czech Republic
Since I’m putting the finishing touches on my new book (so excited!) I began thinking about my first one published a few years ago. The whole series is called A Travel for Taste, just like this blog. Each book is from a different country or region. The first book contained travel stories and recipes from the Czech Republic, where I lived in 2005. It’s still available in paperback and Kindle editions through Amazon.com.
The second book, to be published later this year, will have travel adventures and recipes from here in Bavaria. It will be much, much larger than the first book, with color photographs and far more stories and dishes. Watch this space!
Another Wonderful Czech Adventure: Prague and Kuřivody
A visit to my photographer friend in Prague and a meetup with my wonderful Czech friends from Liberec at an old castle in Kuřivody - with sausage cookouts and slivovice, of course!
My NEW BOOK – ATFT Collected Czech Family Recipes
A Travel for Taste – Collected Czech Family RecipesI’m thrilled to announce that today is the official release of my latest book:
A Travel for Taste – Collected Czech Family Recipes!
It is a revision of the first edition which included some non-Czech recipes. I rewrote it to include only Czech recipes. This new one has additional Czech recipes as well.
The best part of the book to me is the fact that the recipes are introduced by stories and photos from my travels. Each recipe has a narrative about how I came to have the recipe. And each dish is an authentic family recipe from Czech friends.
ATFT: Czech Recipes Cookbook Available Now on Amazon!
Hello everyone! I’m so excited to announce that my book is ready. There are 24 pages and nine recipes. There are lots of travel stories and photos from my trip earlier this year that journaled here. The price is a mere $12.99 for a hard copy and $9.99 for the downloadable version. I’m so glad I got this out there so you’d have an option to buy it for the travelers, photographers, writers and readers, not to mention cooks, on your holiday shopping list.
You can buy it on Amazon.com.
Right now you can only buy it online – and I want to assure you that the web site is very secure and very reputable. I did my homework so you wouldn’t have to worry. Later, probably in December, you will be able to buy a copy at the Progress Energy Art Gallery where I work. I will let you know when that happens. For now, check it out online.