When Gramophone hailed Jakub Hrůša as being “on the verge of greatness”, they basically foretold the future. Who is Jakub Hrůša you ask? He is the greatest Czech contemporary conductor and soon the Director Designate of The Royal Opera, Covent Garden. I’d like to tell you about this accomplished Czech musician and conductor and an …
Czech cuisine uses different types of sugar for its elaborate desserts. The Czech Sugar Guide will help you navigate through all the common and less common types and some of the sugar substitutes.
These are some of these retro items were very common in Czechoslovakia and some of them have been (long) forgotten. How many of them do you know?
Looking for an easy sweet drink for the Christmas holidays or New Year’s celebrations? Here’s the 2-ingredient Czech Rum-Caramel Liquor!
Eggnog has many names in Czech – vaječný likér, vaječný koňak, vaječňák, ajrák, ajrlikér (from German Eierlikör). It’s typically made at Christmas and New Year’s Eve and here’s one of the traditional recipes.
Coconut Balls are modern Christmas sweets that found their way onto the Czech Christmas table in the 1990s.
Kapr na modro or Blue Carp is a traditional (not only) Christmas recipe predating the fried carp that is so popular today.
Josef Lada was a Czech painter, illustrator and writer whose work touched generations.
Walnut tartlets in any version are very traditional when it comes to Czech Christmas sweet baking. Here is a recipe for walnut tartlets with yolk topping (ořechová kolečka se žloutkovou polevou).
Today, I want to show you how to make Ischl tartlets that Czechs started to make when still a part of the Austrian Empire. These desserts were the favorite of the Emperor Franz Josef I.