Latvian food recipes

Latvian dill potatoes are perfect to enjoy with the pork cutlets or would be lovely as a side for just about anything. You use small potatoes like Yukon golds or red or white new potatoes

This Latvian recipe came up frequently when looking up Latvian food. It's actually delicious on its own, but also quite good on po...

This traditional Latvian dessert is so airy and light, you'd never guess the key ingredient is stodgy cream of wheat cereal.

Latvians, our southern neighbours, celebrate the 92nd anniversary of an independent Latvian Republic today. I thought it's a great opportunity to blog about one of the best-know Latvian dishes (at least here in Estonia) - a pork stroganoff that gets its name from historical Courland region. While boeuf stroganoff is a dark beef stew, then Kurzeme stroganoff is pale (colour-wise, not taste-wise) and just as delicious, if not as sophisticated. Excellent autumn and winter dish that's best…

I served this stew to my book club during the monthly dinner we hold in conjunction with our book selection. We try to prepare food that has a connection to the book, and in this case, it was Amor Towles, "A Gentleman In Moscow." It's a book that I've read twice now, and could read it again and again, for its witty, elegant style and its urbane central character, a Russian count who is confined by the Bolsheviks in Moscow's famed Metropol Hotel, and is relegated to a tiny garret from his…

Latvian pork cutlets called karbonade is made with an amazing mushroom cream sauce. Honestly, I have made a similar dish most of my life using a can of cream of mushroom soup. Wow, what I

Less well known than other cuisines, Latvian food is delicious and one of the top reasons to visit Latvia. Here are 5 Latvian dishes you should put on the menu! (Plus, what to drink with them and the best place to try them in Riga!)

Prepare to see Latvia in a whole new light as we explore this beautiful country through the best Latvian desserts (as recommended by a local).

Have you ever heard of Lithuanian foods? The country might be small but it is mighty in culinary terms. Numerous scrumptious Lithuanian dishes deserve a

So, I was browsing on Instagram and ran across a post by @nanascakekitchen for a really yummy looking dessert. It turned out to be a recipe for Sourdough Latvian Apple Cake by Teresa Greenway at Northwest Sourdough. So, I just had to try it. It's a fun way to use up any extra starter you might have. And it turned out so well that my daughter and her family told me that I need to make another one soon!I followed the recipe exactly, except I do not have a 10" round casserole dish, so I used my…