by Auntie Bulgaria | Jan 8, 2018 | Bulgarian life, Food & recipes
Food wanker I mean, I hate to be a dreadful food wanker, but just look at all the lovely things we ate and drank over the festive period. For the last 11 years, Christmas dinner has consisted of turkey and all the trimmings. This year we went all Scandi: beef...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Sep 26, 2017 | Bulgarian life, Food & recipes
Brrrr As is typical in Bulgaria, the change in seasons has been marked with a huge temperature swing. After months of a pretty constant 25–30°C here in the mountains, we’ve dropped to 15°C in the blink of an eye. I realise that’s hardly arctic, and in deepest winter...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Sep 14, 2017 | Bulgarian life, Food & recipes, Gardening bore, Travel & trips
Autumn is my favourite time of year – specifically that dreamy early September period when the evenings are cold enough for a sweater but the days are hot enough for shorts and flip flops, and the leaves are *just* starting to turn. And the food! Oh my, I love...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Apr 20, 2017 | Bulgarian life, Food & recipes, Gardening bore
Lordy, where is April going? We’ve both been working such long days, there hasn’t been much time to update the blog. But here’s a brief whizz through what’s been occurring of late. We made the usual dyed eggs and hot cross buns for Easter Sunday....
by Auntie Bulgaria | Apr 6, 2017 | Bulgarian life, Food & recipes, Travel & trips
It’s no secret how much I love Sofia. Every time I see one of those ‘Top 10 cheap European city breaks’ articles that the Guardian publishes every other week, I always scan through thinking this time, surely this time, they’ll include Sofia. But they never do....
by Auntie Bulgaria | Mar 30, 2017 | Food & recipes, Gardening bore
Not much to update y’all on this week as I’m working all hours at my laptop and Rob is working all hours on the summer kitchen. Except… Literally the most exciting thing to happen all week. Possibly ever. …our first ever proper asparagus harvest!!!...
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