by Auntie Bulgaria | Sep 13, 2018 | Bulgarian life, Travel & trips
Yes, we went to Sozopol and Sinemorets on holiday. Again. I know, I know. We’re getting a bit stuck in our holiday ways as we get older. Every year we say, ‘Let’s go somewhere we’ve never been before. Albania! Macedonia! Georgia!’ Yet we nearly always trundle...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Aug 23, 2018 | Bulgarian life
I’m not exactly sure when the notion of Birthday Weekend was born. But at some point I was no longer satisfied with a run-of-the-mill one-day birthday bore-fest. I began to stretch the festivities out over two or (wherever possible) three days. Like a festival. Come...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Aug 10, 2018 | Food & recipes, Gardening bore
Cake. Surely the best use of a vegetable? I’ve not yet found a great way to preserve courgettes. We recently tried fermenting courgette batons in brine (mixed with dill flowers, horseradish leaves and sour cherry leaves of all things – it’s a Ukrainian recipe)....
by Auntie Bulgaria | Aug 2, 2018 | Food & recipes
I love vegetables. No, really, I do. We only eat meat once or twice a month as a treat, so vegetables, grains and dairy make up the bulk of our diet. (After watching some eye-opening documentaries lately about intensive farming and the impact of dairy on our bodies, I...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Jul 27, 2018 | Bulgarian life, Gardening bore
The first half of July was dominated by the World Cup and a visit from family. If you’re wondering how Guardianista snowflakes like us who live nowhere near a proper English pub watch the footie, it goes like this: Watching the match on the sofa while eating...
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